Series: Tortured for Child Support, Part Two

David A. Bardes left his job on the 101st. floor of the World Trade center and moved to Charleston, South Carolina so his children would have their father in their lives. Once there he was falsely accused of being in "gross" child support arrears.

Part one

Part two

He says he proved to the state attorney that he was not in arrears, and that he had actually overpaid his child support. Bardes was left in arrears anyway and says the "destroy deadbeat mechanisms" went into full force.

"I met with judge #1, who agreed to put me on trial so I could clean up my good name and reputation. Judge #1 told me in court, three times, that I have no Constitutional rights. Then came my trial, which I was found innocent by judge #2.

Then the state attorney, issued a death threat and typed up a fake court order stating that I was "guilty". He scheduled a snap hearing and judge #3 tossed me into jail for six months without even as much as hearing."

Bardes was charged with civil contempt of court and taken to the Charleston County jail. He was shackled and chained before a female sheriff deputy shoved his head into the wall, knocking his glasses to the floor and causing a lense to pop out. Jailers threw his medication in the trash, including his asthma inhaler.

Bardes admits that he refused to sign forms put before him, and that he ignored orders to stop smiling for his mug shot. Taken aside and placed in a cell that is used as a hypothermic chamber, Bardes began to shiver. He asked for his jacket multiple times but was refused. Then he began to shiver violently.

"As my body temperature reduced one degree at a time, wave after wave of excruciating pain enveloped my body. I knew I was going hypothermic."

After six hours, Bardes says, the shivering stopped.

For the rest of this article go to Tortured for child support arrears, he didn't owe - part two