MM Drymon Incident

Report recorded by LB- McSweegan threatens patient Mary DeRose after she writes a rebuttal to his unfavorable review of her newly released book in The Capital Newspaper, Annapolis, MD. In retaliation, McSweegan threatened to contact DeRose’s college in the email sent to her (below).

McSweegan Wrote to DeRose (MM Drymon): “I doubt the Congress has any interest in investigating what I do in my house after work. What I do at work has been investigated. Check with Senator Grassley’s office if you’re curious. If I was doing anything illegal or inappropriate, be assured that I can indeed be fired. I’m not a federal judge. I don’t have a lifetime appointment. Good luck with converting that ABD to PhD. Mind if I send a copy of your letter to your committee members? I still know a few profs at the U. of Maine, including a dean.”

[UPDATE- Senator Grassley's office later realized their mistake of supporting him when provided evidence that McSweegan was stalking and threatening people and he no longer supports him.]

DeRose was warned by LB that McSweegan would follow through in an effort to destroy her, and to contact her Dean immediately and tell him to expect communications from McSweegan, which she did. The following day, true to habit, McSweegan called DeRose’s PhD advisor & Dean to try and discredit her.

DeRose sent an email to LB concerning the anonymous complaint filed with child protective services shortly after McSweegan contacted DeRose’s college. Several patients were targeted and have had anonymous complaints filed against them in the same manner, and always after speaking publicly about a Lyme-related issue.

DeRose wrote: “It’s a long complex story but the CPS [Child Protective Services] complaint made accused: my husband of sexual abuse and me of crackpot medical treatments for our daughter [I was sick when I was pregnant with her- hence a possible connection to the autism], so I'm pretty much cleared. My husband, however, was thrown out of our house with 20 minutes notice when the temperature was 7 degrees outside.

He ended up trying to sleep in his car but after about two weeks he gave up on trying to live with these false accusations. The CPS counts on your being so shamed and humiliated that you eventually just give in to whatever they say. He decided to kill himself instead.

My kids are 12 and 16-the oldest is just old enough that they can't take him away. It is my autistic 12 year old daughter that is at risk. She does not interview well because of her autistic mind and is bewildered by all this. In fact she never wants to be interviewed or have her body examined again now.

To quote: "All complaints are strictly confidential" but I now understand why he [referring to McSweegan] uses this tool. Once CPS gets involved all sense of due process is thrown out the window. Case workers can, after about half a day of interviews, make life altering decisions that can destroy a family for years to come. I can now fully understand the other women’s plights that he stalked. [Some that were stalked- McSweegan made a "Hit List" to report what he had done to upset their lives. https://sites.google.com/site/edwardmcsweegan/hit-list?authuser=0 ]

My husband, who is a PTSD Vietnam vet to start out, has ended up attempting suicide and is now in a mental institution with his previously manageable mental illness converted into permanent schizophrenia. Last paycheck: last Thursday- income for foreseeable future $0. My 16 year old is now under suicide watch also and our daughter is just about destroyed.

It seems that if you are accused and guilty you are guilty and if you are innocent you are also guilty.”