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Daddy's Girl

Fisher Island millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her.

A A A Comments (6) By Kelly Cramer Thursday, Sep 28 2006

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McMahan has made up with his fifth wife, Elena.

Three days after New Times called McMahan for comment on August 28, he hired Sitrick & Co., a Los Angeles public relations firm specializing in crisis management and whose logo is: "If you don't tell your story, someone else will tell it for you." In another public response, McMahan launched www.wspdfm.com, a now-defunct website asserting that Schutt and Linda had invented their allegations in an effort to extort money from him.

Colby Katz

Details

Below are links to documents and video excerpts stemming from the lawsuits involving Bruce McMahan and his daughter/bride Linda McMahan Schutt.

Documents

The first 14 pages from Linda McMahan Schutt's court complaint

Bruce McMahan's sworn affidavit denying incest

Bruce McMahan's now-defunct web site defending himself

The 1990 paternity test

The DNA test of a vibrator

Video

Linda meets Bruce

The paternity test and name change

The seduction

The incest begins

The wedding

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On September 13, after the five court cases were settled, Sitrick & Co. e-mailed New Times this statement:

"The parties to this litigation, Dr. Bruce McMahan, Linda Marie Schutt, Sargent Schutt, Major Schutt and Shani Robins, have resolved the differences among them and agreed to dismiss all pending legal actions. This was a family dispute and, as is the case with many family disputes, charges were made in the heat of the moment with little thought given to the pain they might unfairly or unjustly inflict. All of the parties involved and their counsel sincerely hope that there will be no further media coverage of this family matter and have agreed to make no additional comment about the resolution of their differences."

In other words, Bruce and Linda want their trips to London to be their secret again.

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Kristian Zaum 02/18/2011 8:31:00 PM

http://thedailycannibal.com/2011/01/16/the-last-nail-in-the-vv-mcmahan-storyextortion-pure-and-simple/

Homer Simpson 06/03/2009 6:53:00 AM

is this a f***ng joke???

Homer Simpson 06/03/2009 6:52:00 AM

is this a f***ng joke???

Debbie 06/30/2008 2:35:00 AM

To help answer some of the questions asked in the comments... Florida's Department of Children and Families hid from the adoptive parents all of the abuse that happened to these boys while they were in state care. It was years later (and only with legal help) that boxes of information including police abuse reports were seen by the parents for the first time. The children entered Florida's foster care as a newborn, a one and a two year old. The boys were adopted as a six, five and almost four year old. The years of documented abuse in Florida's foster care includes being caged, starved, beaten, gagged and ritualistically and sexually abused. Even when the boys' last foster father was arrested for raping a child, DCF did not inform the adoptive parents. The adoptive parents were told by DCF that there may have been abuse years ago by the biological parents, but the boys had been safely in foster care since they were very, very young and had no memory of it. The records given to the parents stated the boys had only mild to moderate behavior problems. The adoptive parents were not given any of the boys' records showing sexual acting out or violent behavior. The decision to adopt from DCF was not a rushed one by the parents. They waited five years after adopting their first child while the adoptive mother worked as a school principal. They then spent months taking the DCF parent training class, were screened and had background checks completed and then had a home study completed. Before the parents were given information about these boys they turned down two other sets of children because they thought their behavior problems were too severe. After receiving information about the three brothers, records show that the adoption was rushed by DCF and not the parents. The adoptive parents had no reason at the time not to trust DCF or the information they had received. The severe behavior (including violent and sexual behavior) did not start or was not discovered until after the adoption. Like most foster children in a new situation, there was a "honeymoon" period of better behavior. At first the boys were relieved to be in a safe environment with plenty of food and toys to play with. The parents were told that the children just needed love, boundaries and social skills and that they were making excellent progress. No rational person would knowingly become involved with such disturbed children. Any person who decides to adopt a foster child has the right to know exactly what they could be facing. All available information about these boys should have been given to the adoptive parents before they even met the children, and long before the adoption so they could make an informed decision. Instead, DCF spent years hiding information and more years refusing to help children they admit were "badly damaged in our care". It must be said that after the adoption, once DCF started hearing about the boys� behavior in the new home (but long before there was a legal case), threats and intimidation were the next step. Calls looking for "dirt" on the adoptive family were made, including to the children�s therapist. It was also made clear that the adoptive parents could be charged by law enforcement with abandonment if they tried to return the children to DCF. How do I know this... I am the adoptive mother.

Insincere 03/02/2007 1:06:00 AM

The previous poster apparently would like us to return to a kinder, gentler time where a creepy gazillionaire could privately have an incestuous relationship with his own daughter and then quietly pay her an undisclosed cash settlement to go away when things go bad--AND have no one be the wiser about the whole sordid affair. Just like in the good old days!

Sincere 02/22/2007 4:18:00 AM

I truly don't understand why people can't mind their own business. Even when things end up in court, decent people would not e interested in other people's intimate private lifes, no matter what the unusual stories and details might be. When will we ever return to a more civilized word where a certain degree of descretion is the norm? Must we end the freedom of the press to reach that state of civilization?