QuoteBarnes' ex-wife, Svetlana Koptyaeva, had taken their children to her native Russia following bitter divorce and child custody proceedings in Montgomery County, Texas. Upon learning of Barnes' arrival in Russia, his family says she contacted law enforcement in Moscow and accused him of having abused the two boys.

"[She] did not want him to have access to his children, so she made the worst possible accusation that she could come up with," Margaret Aaron, Barnes' sister, told ABC News.

Moscow prosecutors alleged that he abused his sons in suburban Houston, even though Texas law enforcement says they had no involvement in the Russian trial and previously found those allegations to not be credible after conducting their own investigation in response to Koptyaeva's claims.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/4-years-after-arrest-russia-american-david-barnes/story?id=128999269

QuoteJennair Gerardot, 48, broke into the house of Meredith Chapman, 33, and ambushed her as she returned home on Monday evening.

Investigators say Mrs Gerardot may have worn a disguise. She sent her husband texts revealing her revenge plan.

"You had a man who was married who was having an affair with this other woman," Supt Colarulo said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43899187

Quote"Here comes Meredith. She's just telling me such a different story, that I'm good at what I do. That she said...I'd never heard this from Jennair's lips ever...that I'm such a wonderful man," Mark Gerardot said. "That just made an impression on me. Here's this woman who I think is amazing saying that she thinks I'm a wonderful man."

When Jennair Gerardot moved north in December 2017, Mark Gerardot said she could sense he was distant, and it wasn't long before she confronted him about her suspicions that there could be another woman.

"She finally asked me, 'What is up with you? You're acting different,'" Mark Gerardot said. "She said specifically, 'It's Meredith, isn't it?'"

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-involved-2018-love-triangle-murder-suicide-case/story?id=65366893

Quote"She had planted recording devices in his office," Dr. Janice Harper, a writing coach working with Geradot on a book, said.

Mark Gerardot says he realized his wife had methodically implanted listening devices in many of his clothes and had a daily routine of logging his conversations.

In credit card statements, he says he also discovered transactions for a lock-picking kit he believes she used to break into his office, computer hacking software, DNA testing for his clothes and a sophisticated GPS tracking system she personally installed on both his and Chapman's cars.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/gps-trackers-recording-devices-gun-man-center-2018/story?id=65416096

QuoteMichaels claimed she killed Willette out of frustration over how quickly he was moving in with their daughters. The former couple had discussed living together again months earlier, in hopes of "keeping their family together."

The story then took an even darker turn: at the time of the crime, Michaels was married to Deviere, her ex-partner's adult son from a previous relationship.

Michaels and Deviere told police their marriage was for insurance purposes, but it was later revealed they had been secretly involved for years, even while Michaels dated Johnathan.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/las-vegas-adult-star-who-beheaded-ex-boyfriend-is-sentenced/