To All this May Concern:
by Renee Brown

A lot of people believe that I still associate with Angela Ledcke.  I would like to make an effort to explain why my association with her no longer exist, and will never again exist.  With everything that happened surrounding my defense of Angela Ledcke as well as my resistance to believe anyone who attempted to warn me what I was getting myself into, I can understand the skepticism I feel that surrounds me.  Please allow me to say what is on my mind.
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I have apologized publicly to everyone I can, the best way I know how.  I am not ashamed to admit how wrong I was about Angela Ledcke, and I am not ashamed to admit that I would not listen to others – yet should have.  Yes, I was VERY wrong!  In my heart I felt I was seeing the good in someone as I tried to bring that good to light.  I felt that with a little guidance I could turn her around and pull out the potential in her.  I could not have been more wrong, as I now realize that I was being manipulated and used as her shield against those that had already figured her out.  I still find it hard to believe how someone can be so conniving and yet be so convincing.  That is where my mistake was, simply because I chose to try to see the good in someone rather than the bad and listen to the bad.  Again….. I was wrong. 
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I agree that I acted badly over the fact of all that was going on and I made a poor decision to defended Angela when I should not have.  Angela KNOWS who to target for her defense.  In the end I too was bitten by her and boy did that hurt!  I know that some of you will probably say, "Good! You deserved It!" and I will not disagree with you.  As the old saying goes what goes around comes around and I am a firm believer in that. But I also am a firm believer that you treat others the way you would like to be treated and that is what I was trying to do with her! It didn't work at all and now I continue to pay for that mistake. 
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Some may feel it is necessary to email the owners of groups and tell them to watch out for me because of my past involvement with Angela.  I feel as if this is the same as saying, “WATCH HER SHE IS A SCAMMER!”  Please don’t categorize me in that way, as I am far from being anything like her and as far as I am aware I have never scammed one person and have always tried to go beyond what I should to help someone.
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Angela was very good at making herself appear innocent and best I can figure I was getting information that was doctored up to look as though she was right and everyone else was wrong.  You would not believe the stories she came up with and went on and on about.  Until the red flags started popping up (and by that time I had dug my hole pretty deep) I didn’t think that anyone could possible make all that stuff up.  Well, I found out the hard way that someone who is deeply and psychologically troubled CAN.  It is like she can turn on the tears and spill out her invented stories and be convincing!  I think that is why she always wanted everyone to call her.  She’s good at it!  It was like her setting the hook!  And talk about slandering others!  After all was said and done though, I look back and I can’t find a single truth in ANYTHING she ever claimed.  I’ve learned the hard way to never believe a word she says.  I’m personally convinced that she doesn’t know the difference between the truth and what goes on in her head.
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Since my public disassociation with Angela Ledcke she and her husband have emailed me and left voicemails to threaten and try and bully me.  They said they would reveal tape recordings of personal conversations we had (I wasn’t aware that it was legal to secretly record personal phone conversations), and go after my friends and family by giving out their information, and even accused me of being the owner of the website that reveals the REAL truth about her.
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To clarify things, Angela is no longer on Women’s Avenue, I no longer host her website. I no longer email her (other than to request the removal of my links from her sites), speak to her, talk to her in any fashion, and WON’T.  EVER again!  I was WRONG!  Anything I said in her defense I retract!
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In closing, I am asking that you please, please allow me a chance to redeem myself.  Please allow me to clarify that I am NOT in “cahoots” or association of any kind with Angela Ledcke.  I felt I could help her, but now I personally feel there is no help for this woman.  I believe that she has some very serious issues and that she has serious psychological problems.  Please do not judge me by my past association with her. I was WRONG!  I know this won’t be easy for many of you to overlook and/or get past, but please know how embarrassed I am by that chapter in my life and how embarrassed I am by the shame of my name being associated with hers.  I have learned a HUGE lesson and one that I will never forget.
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Sincerely,
Renee Brown