Shocking Facts About My Wrongful Conviction
Joey Moncarz
I was wrongfully convicted. I never hurt anyone in my life. There was only one abuser in that house, and it was not me. It was my very abusive ex-partner/business partner, who terrorized us all at home, and who was absolutely determined to "remove" me due to jealousy, revenge, and fear of her abuse being exposed. And the fraudulent New Zealand legal system complied willingly, defending her and enabling her. In the absence of a case, the prosecutor relied on collusion with my lawyer, as well as coached witnesses and perjured testimony.
“Right, you should not have been convicted. There's a lot questionable here...
the totality [of the evidence] points to a different narrative."
- King's Counsel (KC) barrister in Wellington, after the trial
the totality [of the evidence] points to a different narrative."
- King's Counsel (KC) barrister in Wellington, after the trial
“I’ll get the police involved...And the school will end then.”
-my ex, and school co-owner/director, Oksana Simonoff, three months before my arrest
-my ex, and school co-owner/director, Oksana Simonoff, three months before my arrest
All this can be proven: (For a sampling of the proof, read HERE)
On top of that:
Yes, the New Zealand legal system is a fraud.
- FACT: For four years my ex partner was terrorizing me and her kids at home with daily abuse - psychological, physical, and other.
- FACT: She was afraid that she would go to jail because of her abuse.
- FACT: The court heard proof that she was guilty of what I was accused of. The jury then ignored it.
- FACT: She was very afraid that she would lose custody of her kids to me. (Even though it was not a possibility.)
- FACT: Her kids preferred me over both their biological parents and used to tell everyone this - because I was there for them while both their biological parents were abusive and preferred being elsewhere.
- FACT: She had long been threatening to use the police to get rid of me and shut down the school
- FACT: She had long been threatening to lie to the Police and various other authorities (such as the Ministry of Education) in order to get rid of me
- FACT: She had long been using false sexual accusations to bully me
- FACT: She had long been using the idea of child molestation (accusing other people and me) in order to bully me
- FACT: Every time I planned to move away, she threatened to kick me out of the school if I moved and demanded that I stay and continue to look after her kids. (The allegations came one month after I moved out.) Then she continued with her accusations, threats, bullying, lies, etc.
- FACT: She had long been trying to force her children to reject me and to repeat the lies she told about me.
- FACT: She hired a private investigator to watch me in order to find "dirt" so that she could kick me out of the school - but found nothing. I was "too fucking moral" (her words).
- FACT: She threatened to kill me and shoot me with my own hunting rifles
- FACT: She was afraid because I had proof of her abuses
- FACT: She had long been trying to “turn” school parents against me with lies and defamation
- FACT: She absolutely hated the school mothers, was insanely jealous, couldn't stand my friendship with some of them, and was desperate to end all my friendships
- FACT: She had long been saying anything she could to make people think the worst about me, and freely admitted it
- FACT: She couldn't stand the fact that neither the school parents nor I wanted to work with her, and that we would soon be moving the school to get away from her - and the allegations came 5 days after I informed her of this.
- FACT: She used blackmail to force me to resign from the Deep Green Bush-School. And to give you an idea of how she views the law, she emailed her blackmail letter to my hack of a lawyer (who just shrugged.)
- FACT: She forced her daughter to give a police statement against her daughter's wishes and she forced/coached her daughter to lie on the stand
- FACT: The "Victim Impact Statement" contradicts the "Police Summary of Facts" and actually indicates abuse by the biological parents.
On top of that:
- FACT: My own lawyer left out much of the above evidence, “forgot” evidence, did not follow my instructions, introduced ideas I had never spoken of before, cut me off while I was on the stand, would not let me cover all the previously-agreed-to information, did not cross-examine properly (such as failing to explore suspicious behavior by a Crown witness), did not explore possible coaching of a witness by the police, did not explore obvious coaching of one witness to another to lie on the stand, my lawyer secretly agreed with the prosecutor beforehand to not look into my ex's motivation (ignoring two previous judges' rulings), and then he forced me to lie on the stand and take the blame for his failure to provide the prosecutor with certain evidence. (This is the short list.)
- FACT: The Crown Prosecutor lied directly to the judge and to the jury and focused on issues (such as my educational philosophy) which had no relevance. He repeated lies from my ex just so he could win, despite having earlier told my lawyer that my ex was "bat-shit crazy."
- FACT: The judge violated his own advice to the jury, and showed clear bias in completely dismissing a psychological report (see below), purposely ignored inconvenient facts and contradictory witness statements, and twisted evidence (such as my ex's frequent threats to use the police against me for exactly these kinds of charges) to portray me as guilty. Talk about confirmation bias.
- FACT: The Crown relied heavily on the testimony of one woman, a married staff member who was angry at me for not reciprocating her romantic feelings, who told me of the charges: "these things happen all the time, it's no big deal," AND who had been previously wanting to break the law and I was the one to keep telling her NO. She was either delusional or actively trying to entrap me. My lawyer knew all this, admitted that it sounded like she was coached by the police, but completely failed to raise it or cross examine her about it. Then she made outrageous statements in the courtroom that two psychologists found "ridiculous."
- FACT: Four independent psychologists assessed me and concluded that I demonstrated “no psychopathology,” “no deviant sexual interest,” and that I posed no danger to anyone, that I was “honorable,” and that I would make an excellent father.
Yes, the New Zealand legal system is a fraud.
“It is only now...that I am truly able to appreciate the New Zealand legal system for the fraud that it is...”
- Ani Mikaere, barrister, Colonising Myths, Maori Realities (2011)
- Ani Mikaere, barrister, Colonising Myths, Maori Realities (2011)
"What we experience as 'certainty' - the feeling of knowing what is true about ourselves,
each other, and the world around us - is an illusion that the brain manufactures to help us
make it through each each day...Certainty leads us to miss other explanations."
(psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett 2018, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Mariner Books. p.290)
“Those with only half the information were actually more confident in their decision...than those who had the complete story. They were quite sure that their decision was the right one, even though they didn’t have all the information.”
- Professor Angus Fletcher, Ohio State University, "The Illusion of Information Adequacy" (Oct 2024)
- Professor Angus Fletcher, Ohio State University, "The Illusion of Information Adequacy" (Oct 2024)