Rusty Rhoton Needs Medical Care
and his Son
Rusty
Rusty’s story:
We are writing to you now on behalf of our son,
Rusty and our grandson Austin who‘s constitutional and parents rights have been
violated. During the course of events Rusty made some mistakes and
strayed from his Christian up bringing; but has since realized his
errors. Regardless of his error, neither he nor Austin deserved the
treatment they have received from the corrupt court systems. Their plight
is directly related to parent rights and the need for protection from intrusive
government. Rusty & none of our family
have seen
Medical
condition:
Rusty had a motorcycle wreck in May 2005. He began having mental symptoms
two months later. He has been misdiagnosed several times. It
was finally discovered in 2008, he
suffers not only from head injury & partial complex seizures; but has
polycythemia, sleep apnea and COPD. A neurologist felt he was also
having mini strokes from the polycythemia as well as seizure activity. He had neuropsychological testing in Oct. 08,
which confirmed right hemisphere brain damage from the wreck. All of these medical problems can affect one’s mental
state.
He needs to be seen by an epileptoligist familiar
with these specific seizures. He needs support for emotional problems
from having his son kidnapped in May 08 by his ex and being kept in 23 hour
lock down at SCDC for sending emails asking to see his son.
His hematologist, said he needs to go to a large university hospital who is
more familiar with polycythemia to determine
treatment for the seizure vs mini stroke issue. Polycythemia is a blood
disorder in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells trying to get
enough oxygen to the blood. As it makes more red blood cells the blood
becomes thicker and causes less oxygen to get to the brain, causing seizure or
strokes from the thick blood, or even heart attacks. It is deadly without
proper treatment. Sleep apnea and Copd add to the lack of oxygen.
We were still in the process of getting all these problems addressed and
planning to take him to a large medical
university hospital to get him on the proper anti seizure medication when he
was incarcerated.. Now we are fighting for his life.
Custody:
We believe Rusty has been jailed to prevent him from fighting to see his
son. The mother never broke up with
our son. She just cut off all contact after Rusty came home to live with
us due to his neurological problems in April 08. We noticed
Rusty filed for emergency custody in June 08. A secret hearing was held.
Custody was given to Rusty one day, taken the next and supposed to be
under a parent plan. None was ever set. Only a judge and Rusty’s
lawyer were there.
Rusty hired a new lawyer to request a parenting plan. The lawyer had to
withdraw and case stalls.
May
07case ties into custody:
Rusty had a court case pending from May 07 due to family calling police
for help when he had a partial complex seizure. No one wanted to
press charges, family just wanted help in dealing with
the immediate situation. He was never convicted of charges; but tricked into taking an Alford plea because
of his neurological problems. Had it gone to trial the mother would
have likely been brought up on child endangerment charges.
The mother never made a statement in the case until the custody case stalled
and she demands a NCO. She does not enter the court room nor is any
evidence given in court. Rusty is threatened by
his lawyer in the hall way with jail time if he doesn’t sign NCO.
Rusty was denied probation and bond revoked on Nov. 17 due to him emailing the
mother asking to see
Custody:
Another hearing was set in Dec. Rusty
asked for it to be postponed until he was released. They denied request
and supposedly had hearing & case was closed. Rusty never got his day
in court to fight for his son.
In Jan. 09 Mother sought to get an order of
protection & child support while Rusty is in jail. No
evidence was produced and a mutual restraining order was
set. Support was not addressed. Twice she had chance to
get support; but both times cases were closed
without addressing it. She or the state now get
social security from Rusty’s disability for
We have asked to have officers escort us to the house to check on him. They say
go to court. We have asked lawyers if we
could get visitation. They say grandparents have no rights
especially with Rusty in jail. The sole purpose he was railroaded
into jail was to keep him and us from being able to seek our grandson. We
asked various agencies to check on him but
continually get the runaround with no one actually going to see him.
May 07
issue
Rusty files for an appeal on probation. Judge says
bond good. Lets him out on
Dec. 11 for 8 hours of court. Judge denies bond because Rusty
might do something. What, send more
emails? The mother states he is obsessed with her. Good grief, she
stole his son, of course he wants to talk to her. Judge was also asked if
Rusty would get his medical care. Judge said sure. Then next time says no
inmate gets treatment unless jail is
forced. Judge agrees that appeal is useless if he denies bond, as appeal
will last until Rusty is out. In essence, judge gives Rusty a death
sentence.
Rusty is very ill and not receiving proper medical treatment while in
jail. Fifty percent of people with
untreated polycythemia die within two years. Rusty has more than a
year to serve. Reoccurring partial complex seizures can cause brain
damage. He now has a federal lawsuit against the jail seeking
treatment.
Jail finally gave Rusty his blood treatment 5 months after the last one.
He had been having them every 2 weeks before
incarcerated. They still have not addressed his seizures.
They won’t be able to as the treatment was still being worked out before
incarceration. He is kept in 23 hour isolation due to his unstable
condition. It took us 2 weeks of asking to get him hand soap. He
often forgets to order food from the commissary. He’s really not
able to take care of himself there. We
have been contacting everyone trying to get him help
and out of jail for proper treatment. We still have medical insurance
until mid July if we could get him out and to a large hospital.
He has had 5 lawsuits and 7 lawyers in less than 2 years. We are at our
wits end. We need help. We need to get Rusty out for
treatment. He is not a criminal, he is sick. We need someone who
can investigate, find our grandson, show him to
us or explain why he’s gone. There’s been too much “home cooking” to
quote one lawyer. All our efforts are blocked. Family court should
not be secret! NCOs should not be handed out like candy, particularly
when a child is involved. Our family has suffered much duress with the court
cases and unanswered questions.
We have asked the Governor of TN to exonerate Rusty. You can help
Rusty. Please take a few minutes to send
letters to the Governor, Lt. Governor & Representative
here: http://2millionplus.com/alertlinks2.php?id=117.
If anyone can help us with finding out about
Ronnie & Charlotte Rhoton
rhoton08@live.com