Post by Rod West on http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50996&p=700607&hilit=Anna#p700607
Hi All
I knew Greg for a long time in Tasmania professionally working in the environment movement and through his ex-girlfriend Katerina (someone has posted a comment she made to La De Dah’s blog about her experience with Greg over 7 years).
Greg doesn’t have a PHD – he pulled out early on. He owes many people here money and has created many extraordinary stories to cover his tracks. He threatened me with revealing stuff he made up when I called him to account.
I tried for a long time to get money back he owed Katerina’s mother and her possessions (including all her photographs) which he still has in storage in Brisbane. From time to time I bump into someone else down here who he owes money or who he has hurt. Anna was one of them. His friends simply say “you never know what to believe when it comes to Greg”. I failed dot get the money back even though he promised it dozens of times.
While ripping people off financially is obviously not acceptable, Greg’s real inexcusable impact in on the personal lives of people. He has done untold damage to lots of women. He loves to manipulate women mainly but also men – psychologically through his lies and stories. I don’t really understand the psychological reason why he does but I feel it is a power game. If he can convince the person through the lies to believe him, he feels he can control them. I think it is very much about power and control.
At the time of their relationship Katerina was young and vulnerable. His favourite prey are those who are vulnerable one way or another. She was with him for 7 years – a lot of that time he was also with Evi. He even visited a wedding shop to convince her he intended to marry her. I think he visited the same shop with Evi. I have seen a lot of the stories he told Katerina – absolutely incredible stuff – but he is very convincing as all the best conmen psychopaths are. It took Katerina a long time to recover from his psychological abuse. Thank fulling she is an incredible smart and resilient woman (who by the way I am crazily in love with). He even slandered and lied about Katerina with another mutual friend who visited Greg in Cambodia.
The way Greg works is to try to control the person by convincing them they must be insane not to believe him. Because he is so practiced at it he is very good at it. The person starts to question their own truth and their own mind as he never relents. It is very damaging for women involved with Greg when they discovers the man they loved and totally trusted has totally abused them through lies and deceit. It can take a long time for them to feel they can trust again.
Greg is not evil. However he has some serious work to heal around his childhood. Like all of us a difficult childhood is no excuse. We can choose love or we can choose fear. Greg did some good things in Tasmania and is a very capable intelligent man so I really hope he addresses his deep personal issues.
Greg the harm you cause is real. Innocent people have been badly hurt by your actions. The impact is palpable and damaging. Please Greg please look at what you are doing and please don’t do it to anyone else. Please take some time out and address your dark side. I know you can. It took me a long time to deal with mine but I have. It is possible.
Warm wishes,
Rod West
This is Greg Blake 