My psychopathic ex-husband, James Montgomery, died on February 16, 2021, in New South Wales, Australia.
I heard about it a few days later from the woman he married after me. James Montgomery was still my husband when he married her; it was the second time he committed bigamy. But hey, who’s counting?
The news that James Montgomery died had no effect on me. In fact, the same day I learned about my ex-husband’s death, I also saw the obituary in the newspaper for the first man I dated after I graduated from college. For him, I felt sadness. For my ex-husband, I felt nothing.
That’s probably why it took me so long to write that James Montgomery died here on Lovefraud. It simply didn’t matter to me. This is good. I believe it’s a sign of my recovery.
James Montgomery’s obituary was published in the Sydney Morning Herald. For a man who told me he was going to be “the next Walt Disney,” its brevity was an indication of his insignificance. No achievements, no work history, and certainly no mention of his heroism in Vietnam, because he fabricated that. His siblings were named — I knew them. But there was no mention of his two daughters and five wives.
He did, however, have new love — Gabrielle. I can imagine what James Montgomery told her about the rest of us — we were vicious, money-grubbing b*tches, out to ruin him.
Pedophile Bob Montgomery
Interestingly, when the obituary was published, Robert Montgomery, James’ younger brother, was in prison. He had recently pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four boys back in the 1960s when he was a Scoutmaster and teacher. At the age of 76, he was sentenced to four years in prison, eligible for parole after 12 months.
When he committed the offenses, Bob Montgomery was forced out of Scouting, but no legal action was taken. The man just went on with his life. He became a psychologist, an author and a radio personality known as Dr. Bob. He served as president of the Australian Psychological Society. Eventually he appeared on the TV show Big Brother. After all, he looked like a psychologist direct from central casting.
Most shockingly, Bob Montgomery was considered to be an expert in assessing whether convicted sex offenders should be allowed around children. The government of Queensland, Australia, retained him more than 20 times, paying him almost $70,000, to make evaluations and write reports. According to a child protection worker, his reports always came back that offender presented a “low risk” to children.
Read more about Bob Montgomery in stories from the Australian media:
Psychologist charged with child sex offences given bail
Former Big Brother psychologist Robert Montgomery jailed for child abuse
The Queensland government paid child-sex predator Bob Montgomery to help ‘protect’ children
In another shocking development, the Australian Psychological Society seemed more concerned about the impact of being arrested on Bob Montgomery than the harm he caused for his child victims. Many members of the association were furious.
Read more:
Bob Montgomery documentary podcast
Josh Robertson, of ABC News in Australia, investigated the case and produced a podcast documentary about Bob Montgomery. Robertson interviewed victims, people who knew Bob Montgomery over the years, and authorities.
Robertson also interviewed me. He wondered if it was unusual to have two criminals — a con artist and a pedophile — in the same family. Actually, I explained to him, because personality disorders like psychopathy are highly genetic, it wasn’t unusual at all.
Listen to the ABC podcast here:
While listening to the podcast, I felt terrible for the boys — now men — that Bob Montgomery had assaulted. He ruined their lives, while he went on to be a celebrity psychologist.
When I was with James Montgomery, we traveled to Australia. As part of the trip, we visited Bob and his wife in Queensland. They had a nice, contemporary home on a lagoon, and owned a cabin cruiser. We joined them at a dinner sponsored by the Wine Society. The next day they took us for a cruise in the Pacific Ocean.
On December 6, 2020, Bob Montgomery was sentenced to four years for his crimes, with the requirement that he serve 12 months in prison. He should be released in a few days. His life was disrupted for a year. His victims suffered their entire lives.
When I met him, Bob Montgomery seemed to be a normal, successful professional. He certainly didn’t seem to be a pedophile. Of course, at the time, I also didn’t know that my husband was a psychopath and his only objective in marrying me was to take my money. My experience is evidence of what all of us who have tangled with psychopaths and antisocials now know — they can easily blend in to our society.
If you’d like to know more about my story, it’s all in my book, which is available on this website, Amazon, through other book distributors and as an audio book.
Love Fraud — How marriage to a sociopath fulfilled my spiritual plan
