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Vernon sheriff defends horse rescue operator
Everhart denies abuse allegations made in anonymous near-viral social media posts.
Amanda Everhart has been called a scammer. A liar. A criminal. She’s at the center of a social media storm.
She’s also now the raison d’etre of a petition directed at state lawmakers to change laws about horse rescue operations.
But the operator of a very controversial horse rescue near Westby, Wis., says she’s doing fine despite all of that and hopes to continue to look after the eight horses in her care.
Vernon County sheriff John Spears has, this week, come to the defense of Everhart and says she’s doing good work.
“She’s trying,” said Spears, “and I guess is that’s the thing is that … it’s a positive thing when you see people stepping up to rescue these animals.”
Everhart said she’s felt threatened by those who have attacked her operation for alleged mistreatment of animals and based on what’s been spread on social media
“It’s just a bunch (of) little horse crazy women that seen a post on a Facebook group with 70,000 people and so half of those 70,000 people started ganging up on somebody,” said Everhart.
Spears, on Monday, sent out a public warning about harassing Everhart and suggested the attacks against her are a social media phenomenon.
“Social media,” Spears said, “is a double-edged sword because you don’t always have to be accurate or truthful and people jump on it so fast … and it spreads so quickly and it’s just the nature of what we live in today as far as the social media world.”
Spears has warned against trespassing on Everhart’s land. Directed, apparently, at those who have either threatened her or have tried to gather visual evidence of horse abuse.
And there has been threats, according to Everhart.
“They actually publically told me to kill myself,” Everhart said of those attacking her horse operation.
Everhart says she’s installed trail cameras on her property for protection.
Spears said a veterinarian checked out the horses this weekend and signed off on the operation.
kayla
June 27, 2017 at 4:41 pm
the sad thing about that she posted a while back she was dating him so yes he is going to back her up. someone needs to get them horses from her
Amanda Everhart
July 6, 2024 at 7:07 am
No that was a sheriff from Iowa get it right
Amanda Everhart
July 6, 2024 at 7:18 am
And it’s funny because it’s 2024 and I just got three restraining orders granted against my neighbors because you guys are still on the Internet stock and I made my front door my home from another state you followed me from Wisconsin to Iowa completely another state from that what is wrong with you people do you ever get a life or do you always endanger the safety of women and their children? Don’t forget to tell everybody how somebody broke into my farmhouse and raped me at 36 weeks pregnant and you guys are making sexually explicit websites with my address and pictures of my children and calling my job and trying to get me to lose my finances. It’s 2024 July 2024. Why the fuck are you people still in my life I did nothing wrong because I wouldn’t Mariah Ganders horses . Is that why the young man that was dating Olivia that was best friends with Mariah was standing on top of his car taking pictures in this whole time he was abusing his horses look he still has a warrant for his arrest. He’s been on the run for how long from the Viroqua sheriffs department.
https://www.wxow.com/news/crime/viroqua-area-man-arrested-on-animal-mistreatment-charges/article_7fa9f016-a33d-11ed-97f0-271cf8ef9fe5.html
Where is the new story and Facebook stories that you guys make to stalk Kaden Harte wherever he’s at?
How messed up is it that I get cancer and Olivia Goddard get breast cancer and Mariah’s fiancé Chris left her.
After you guys lied and destroyed a farm that I busted my ass at while pregnant by myself, Phoenix came in that way they called her grandma. They told me she was 21 years old. Come to find out she was 32. They dropped her off with a stomach. I sold everything at my farmhouse that I possibly could just to save that one horse and you have the nerve to come on here and run your mouth. You have no fucking clue what I went through and then Miranda shows up to my farm to try to steal my motorcycle, and then end up having somebody break into my farmhouse and brutally raped and assaulted me and knocked me out with a gun and you wanna run your mouth on the Internet thinking that I was dating some Wisconsin cop you got it Completely wrong.
John, the head honcho sheriff stood up for me for a reason because he knew I was innocent, and I had all the proof you don’t think I was that person that didn’t have security cameras of them trespassing how they climb through the woods over my fence into my pasture, and Kayden dropped a syringe he injected one of my horses. It was either Dakota or Phoenix. They have his fingerprints on the syringe at the sheriffs office still to this day last year I talked to Joellen, the detective from the Viroqua sheriff department, and she knows that you guys have followed me from Wisconsin to three separate houses and then to Iowa you guys sent a 16-year-old girl to my house to jump me and assault me with two of her friends and I had to do another emergency move and you guys wanna complain about the GoFundMe is that I’ve had to fucking leave because I was in danger crime more than two criminal acts against an individual of any scenario not only did you put all three of my daughters in danger you put my life in danger and all of those horses I had to fix my fences because somebody cut the wires to stitch up my horse because my horse got injured from somebody trying to cut the wires so they would run out in front of the highway do you know what it’s like being seven months pregnant and running out the road to save your horse from getting hit from a truck that was coming down the road I put myself in front of that truck for that horse so fuck you for thinking you know what the hell you’re talking about you ain’t cowgirl you don’t know shit about that life!
Kristin
June 28, 2017 at 12:29 pm
I am the other side of the story…I surrendered my pony that I could no longer help. After $7000 in vet bills and free choice food for my entire herd she just was losing weight here in Wisconsin. With a broken leg that I chose to repair and save her life. Her herd bound nature kept her running her weight off causing her to be very thin. Amanda offered her a pasture with other ponies that had leg fractures so she would not pace her weight off and have a better quality of life. So yes I surrendered a pony with a broken leg that had been repaired and she is very thin. Everyone else at my farm is at a perfect weight; Despite teeth, worming and lots of love she just wouldn’t gain weight for me. Amanda has her on supplements that I see her eating and hopes for a better life for her. She’s groomed perfectly as all of Amanda’s horses are…they really do look nice in person. I’m not sure how you people think you are helping the situation…let Amanda care and love these animals instead of fighting for her reputation and the facility’s livelihood. Don’t we all have better things to do?
Amanda Everhart
July 6, 2024 at 7:08 am
Thank you she is doing well my friends have her with their children still she loves her mini barn they built her
Kristin
June 28, 2017 at 12:35 pm
I am the other side of the story…I surrendered my pony that I could no longer help. After $7000 in vet bills and free choice food for my entire herd she just was losing weight here in Wisconsin. With a broken leg that I chose to repair and save her life. Her herd bound nature kept her running her weight off causing her to be very thin. Amanda offered her a pasture with other ponies that had leg fractures so she would not pace her weight off and have a better quality of life. So yes I surrendered a pony with a broken leg that had been repaired and she is very thin. Everyone else at my farm is at a perfect weight; Despite teeth, worming and lots of love she just wouldn’t gain weight for me. Amanda has her on supplements that I see her eating and hopes for a better life for her. She’s groomed perfectly as all of Amanda’s horses are…they really do look nice in person. I’m not sure how you people think you are helping the situation…let Amanda care and love these animals instead of fighting for her reputation and the facility’s livelihood. Don’t we all have better things to do?
Kristin
June 28, 2017 at 2:13 pm
I am the other side of the story…I surrendered my pony that I could no longer help. After $7000 in vet bills and free choice food for my entire herd she just was losing weight here in Wisconsin. With a broken leg that I chose to repair and save her life. Her herd bound nature kept her running her weight off causing her to be very thin. Amanda offered her a pasture with other ponies that had leg fractures so she would not pace her weight off and have a better quality of life. So yes I surrendered a pony with a broken leg that had been repaired and she is very thin. Everyone else at my farm is at a perfect weight; Despite teeth, worming and lots of love she just wouldn’t gain weight for me. Amanda has her on supplements that I see her eating and hopes for a better life for her. She’s groomed perfectly as all of Amanda’s horses are…they really do look nice in person. I’m not sure how you people think you are helping the situation…let Amanda care and love these animals instead of fighting for her reputation and the facility’s livelihood. Don’t we all have better things to do?
Jamie Edison
July 15, 2017 at 8:51 pm
Leighanne Johnson didn’t you make. Fake website about Amanda and her baby and the cops made you Shut it down. Did your sister also accused Amandas brother Zane of raping her…you and amber Johnson lie so much and make so many stories about Amanda it’s ridiculous you are a pathological liar for one for two nothing out of Amber Johnson’s mouth or Leighanne is true your jealous of AMANDA always have been
Jamie Edison
July 15, 2017 at 8:53 pm
Leighanne Johnson didn’t you make a Fake website about Amanda and her baby and the madison cops made you Shut it down cause u were giving a stalking ticket?!?!? . Did your sister also accused Amandas brother Zane of raping her…you and amber Johnson lie so much and make so many stories about Amanda it’s ridiculous you are a pathological liar for one for two nothing out of Amber Johnson’s mouth or Leighanne is true your jealous of AMANDA always have been
Amanda Everhart
July 6, 2024 at 7:09 am
I am still being stalked by these people the followed me I made the news again in another state