Wow. If this is true (I have no reason to believe it isn't) this is bigger news than the the Grand Jury Indictments.
Just goes to prove that a person should be very careful about accusing others when their own house is not in order.
This is fast breaking news and the next few days will sort the wheat from the chaff. Until then this is at best - THE FACTS, and at worst - the FLDS playing by the same rules Natalie Malonis and CPS have been playing by all along.
Natalie Malonis: Would You Let This Woman Represent Your Daughter?
By Donald Richter
Court documents that we have recently obtained show that over the past ten years, Natalie Malonis, Teresa Jeffs’ court-appointed attorney ad litem, has exhibited a pattern of drug abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, and mental instability that calls into serious question her ability to provide competent representation for any client.
In April of 1998, Natalie divorced Dr. John Adam Malonis, an orthopedic surgeon, and was awarded custody of the couple’s two young sons and a monthly allotment of $2,000 for child support. Natalie married Douglas William Buchanan in September of 1999, but the marriage was short-lived, and divorce papers were filed on September 6, 2002. On February 11, 2004, John Malonis and Natalie Malonis were appointed Joint Managing Conservators of their children with Dr. John Malonis having primary possession. On April 5, 2007, Dr. Malonis filed a petition asking the court to deny Natalie access to the children.
Affidavits filed in the 324th Judicial District Court, Tarrant County, Texas, on January 15, 2003, clearly show the reasons Natalie lost primary custody of her children. Tiffany Anastasia Sager, a young college student who had worked as a baby sitter for both Natalie (Malonis) Buchanan and Dr. John Malonis, claimed that she had witnessed Natalie and her husband Doug Buchanan fighting at least 15 times and that Doug yelled at Natalie because he had found illegal drugs in the house. Sager had taken the children to her own condo while Natalie and her husband fought. She also said that she had witnessed the boys not having food in the house and not having bathed for three days. When she asked the children to take a bath, Natalie told her that they didn’t have to bathe. Ms. Sager’s description of the condition of Natalie’s home is especially appalling:
“I have witnessed the boys sleeping on the floor in Natalie’s room with dog feces and urine. Natalie will not clean up the dog urine and feces. She leaves it for her maid to clean up and the maid only comes once a week. The boys have complained to me about stepping in the feces and that their mom will not clean up after the dog.
“Doug has told me that Natalie does nothing all day she will not pick up the kids from school and she will not cook. She refuses to grocery shop and she will not clean. I have been at Natalie’s house when they had no toilet paper and she would refuse to go to the store to buy some. Natalie’s house is disgusting. The trash is overflowing and there are dirty clothes lying all over the house.”
The deplorable condition of the home likely was a reflection of Natalie’s drug abuse. Ms. Sager said that Natalie begged her for Hydrocodone, a pain killer which Sager had received after dental work, claiming that she had hurt her back in a 4-wheeler accident. Sager reluctantly gave her 3-5 tablets and later found out that Natalie had refilled the prescription at least four times. She said that she had witnessed Natalie give Benadryl to her boys so that they would “pass out” and she could work on her divorce. She also said that Natalie routinely gave the boys Paxil and Tylenol and that Natalie claimed that the boys were sick all the time.
Sager also said that Natalie had a gun which she left in an unlocked nightstand drawer, that she left her medications out in the open, and that she did not supervise her boys at all. “I am very concerned about the boy’s [sic] safety when they are with their mother,” she said.
A second affidavit from Natalie’s second husband, Douglas William Buchanan, confirms what Ms. Sager asserted about the condition of the home and gives additional details about Natalie’s drug abuse and mental instability:
“I met Natalie while she was divorcing her first husband John Malonis. I went to Natalie’s home and it was not kept well. There was spoiled food in the refrigerator. I noticed baby diapers in the toilet. The entire house was a mess. Natalie uses the illegal substance known as speed. I knew she used it before our marriage and she told me she would stop. I told her I could not stand for illegal drug use and would not marry her if she was using drugs. When we were living in a small apartment in May of 1999 [four months before their marriage] I found drugs and drug paraphernalia in our home. I found small baggies containing the speed, straws, a mirror, metal foil all of which I know are used for drug use. I questioned Natalie about it and she admitted to me that she was using again….
“In 1999 my mother was having surgery and I was in Abilene to care for her. Natalie and I argued about my going because she was upset because I was caring for my mother not her. Natalie followed me there and was very upset because we continued to argue. Natalie left Abilene and went home she called to ask me where my pistol was kept. I called Dr. John Malonis and asked him to watch her that night until I could return the next day. Just after that Natalie was self admitted to Hugley Psychiatric center for 3 months.”
Buchanan claimed that after his knee surgery in 1999, he had to hide his pain medication (Hydrocodone) to keep Natalie from taking it and that she had him get his mother’s pain medication for her. “There is a part of her that just does not connect,” Buchanan said. “I am worried about her mental state.”
An affidavit from Dr. John Malonis on January 16, 2003, confirms the information in the other two affidavits and expresses additional concern regarding Natalie’s mental condition:
“I do not believe my ex-wife is stable and able to take care of the boys at this time. I believe that the boys are in danger of being left alone, accidently [sic] hurt physically, hurt emotionally and/or neglected. A report to CPS has been made, on information and belief.
“On information and belief, I think that Natalie Malonis Buchanan is abusing prescription drugs and administering drugs to my sons to ‘knock them out.’ I believe that my ex-wife is sick mentally and needs help so that she can be a good parent for the boys.”
In his Response to Interrogatories on May 8, 2003, Dr. Malonis repeats much of the same information from the earlier affidavits but adds that his ex-wife had become more dysfunctional. Her personal appearance had deteriorated, evidenced by her weight loss, unbathed condition, and red, swollen eyes. Among the erratic behaviors listed were the following: making unannounced and uninvited visits to John Malonis’ home, making irrational and harassing phone calls to her ex-husbands and others, exhibiting lying/unethical behavior, filing false police reports, and attempting to prevent a witness from testifying at a custody trial. Dr. Malonis also said that Natalie tried to threaten her children by telling them that they were going to lose their house, four-wheelers, dogs, and friends. This behavior is similar to the efforts Natalie used in attempting to intimidate Teresa Jeffs. (See “Who’s Intimidating Whom?”
The following year Dr. John Malonis’ current wife Jamie Malonis made application for and received a protective order against Natalie Malonis, charging that Natalie had “engaged in conduct that constitutes family violence.” In an affidavit of August 27, 2004, which accompanied the application, Jamie Malonis documented several instances where Natalie failed to return the children at the proper time, forced her way into her ex-husband’s home, used loud and abusive language, and pushed her body against Jamie, causing her to fear for her safety and that of her unborn child.
As recently as April 5, 2007, Dr. John Malonis filed a petition asking the court to deny Natalie access to the children because of her “history or pattern of committing family violence during the two-year period preceding the date of filing of this suit.”
An accompanying affidavit asserts that Natalie had not provided the children with adequate food during their visits with her and that although her live-in boyfriend Ty Cooper had spent several weeks in jail for assaulting her—breaking her ribs and giving her a concussion—the two of them apparently were living together again.
The petition also includes a handwritten letter from Natalie Malonis to John Malonis written just after the assault by Ty Cooper. Natalie begged her ex-husband to assist her because Cooper had cleared out her bank account and she was about to be evicted from her apartment.
Clearly, Natalie Malonis is a troubled and dysfunctional woman. Can any rational judge examine the record of her life as well as her current unethical behavior toward Teresa Jeffs and still deny Teresa the right to a new attorney?
(See “FLDS Girl Deserves New Attorney” and “Who’s Intimidating Whom?”
All information in the above article is taken from court documents filed in the Tarrant County District Clerk’s Office in the case of Natalie Bush Malonis vs. John Adam Malonis, Cause Number 324-263643-98, and is a matter of public record.
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