Havent been reading this thread...

Shaz, there's no need of such a post in any sticky. People who register in here are good enough to figure out that this is the Net, and everything that happens is happening on the comp screen.

If you are still bad enough to be gullible and trust anyone on here before not satisfying yourself about their credentials, then thats YOUR fault, not that person's. That is exactly why people like Trippin and Dave flourish. Because people are EASY. "TOO" gullible.

Its strange that most people show this behaviour on here, while in real life they are very careful and too suspicious of everybody else.

Just wondering if the comp screen makes them either idiots or blind...:rolleyes:

I debated whether or not I should come in here and reply to this, and finally decided to.

I don't know if anyone remembers me too well, but at one time DJ and I were pretty close friends, or so I thought at the time. His approach to me was a bit different. For one thing, I didn't have IM, it was all through PMs. I was the first to PM him, because I had a question about a statement he made on the board. We talked everyday for months, and it was about REAL life stuff, or that's what I believed at the time. About his family, his work, etc.
By the end of our friendship, it had gotten pretty nasty; I knew he was a liar and a manipulator, I had no idea how sick he really is. I just kept catching him in lie after lie. When I finally cut off contact with him, he PMed another friend of mine trying to get information about me and asking why I wasn't speaking to him. I made the mistake of contacting him again, and being pulled into yet another sad story. Finally I washed my hands of him completely. This is pretty much the reason I stopped posting here. He seemed to have a lot of friends here at the time, so honestly I thought maybe it was just me that brought out his more charming side.....:rolleyes: And I was an adult, I was the one that allowed his manipulations to go on far too long. I was under this delusion that he was basically a decent guy, just a tad misguided. But I stopped coming here, because he made it a miserable place for me to be.

To hear this, I am sickened. I didn't realize how sick, and just all around messed up in the head this guy really is. And I am glad that I pulled myself away. It does make sense, and isn't exactly shocking I suppose, looking back. People really do need to show caution online, because you just never know. Like I said, I knew by the end of our friendship there was something off about the guy, but just being a jerk is different then.....this. I'm just glad the mods put a stop to this. :)

Talk about a blast from the past...hey Jenna...

(been wondering where you had disappeared to, the last I saw you was in the Books section)

It took a lot of courage for you to come out in the open and say it, and I commend you for it. Kudos, gurl!

Btw, I have a suggestion. Stick around, and help the rest in rebuilding this place's rep as a great destination for the avid horror movie buff.

and oh...welcome back.:)

Oh God, I'm ashamed to even admit this, but since you had the guts to tell your story, I'll tell mine. I'll try to keep it short.

When I first joined HDC, trippin' was the first person to actually show interest in me. He was friendly and made me feel special (I know, fucking corny) and I grew to trust him. We had kind of a "fling" over the phone and IM, and yes I got sent the penis pictures, but I thought that was because we were kinda having the fling thing. I even almost went down to Florida to meet him (scary). At the time, my boyfriend and I were having a very difficult time so I fell for DJ's BS hook line and sinker. Then I started catching him in lies. I cancelled my trip to Florida. Then with the help of a friend I caught him in a really BIG lie. I called him and blew up and basically screamed at him over the phone. We made up after that and remained friends. My boyfriend and I ended up working things out and are still together (approx 11 years).

I do remember once when DJ said to me that if a 14 year old wanted to "give" herself to a 30 year old man, there was nothing wrong, she knows what she is doing. (He's 36 BTW) Given that at 14, I was very strong willed and a party girl (young and stupid is how I see it now, but that's history), I thought it was a bit weird, but didn't think much of it at the time. I had no idea that he was actually preying on 14 years olds. and sending his penis pictures to everyone he could. The whole thing just makes me sick to my stomach now.

I'm still surprised at omcdave. He never said anything inappropriate to me. But apparently I didn't know his whole story either. Or maybe he just got tangled up in trippin's web like some of us others have.

Like I said before, live and learn.

Jesus...

If all of you had the guts to come clean before, we could have put a number on these guys rightaway, and not have lost so many good and knowledgeable members over them.

Ugh...how I wish members like Urge returned!


This reminds me of that final chapter in the GLC comics...where the power battery stands all torn and ripped and broken with a dim glow inside, and several Green Lanterns standing beside it without any power rings in their fingers...

If only...could...would...(deep breath)...

And I thought this was just a discussion forum where people logged on to talk about horror films and their individual tastes and choices.
All this is a really, really sad and sorry state of affairs in here.

It's not easy "coming clean" when something like this happens to you, so please don't place the blame on us. That's almost like telling a rape victim it was their fault that it happened to others after them because they didn't have "the guts to come clean before". No one likes to believe that they fell into someone else's trap. And it's very easy to think "it was only me" until the story starts coming out that it happened to others.

Thank you. :) And now that everyone knows why I was staying away, and that the problem that wasn't only my problem is now taken care of, I will be around.

Honestly, the reason I wouldn't have said anything, is I was under the mistaken belief this was a personal issue between DJ and myself. I didn't know that he was taking advantage of others or trying to, or I really would have stuck around to help push him out of here.

Mona I know how you feel. I am sick over this, when I heard about this, and read the thread......ugh, like I said, its one thing to be a jerk, this is quite another. In the beginning, I trusted him too. He was a good friend, I thought and he made me feel good about myself as well. Apparently, I am not that great of a judge of character.

Please don't feel bad...You were one of the 'unmentionables'...If you had ANY idea how long the list of female members who feel the SAME way is, it would blow your mind...Like you, they didn't want to say anything on the forum, so there wasn't much we could do because the people here demand proof (and rightly so)...There was no way that we were going to pressure people to come out with this, not just to satisfy the forum...We lost an unbelievable amount of GOOD female posters because of Trip/DJ...He 'tried out' EVERY girl that joined...Imagine how many females left the forum and decided they couldn't come back...They were ashamed, hurt, embarassed, disgusted, and as difficult as it is for an ADULT (like you, Mona, Asylum Seeker) to deal with this, just IMAGINE the effect on a 13, 14, 15, 16 year-old girl...I'm sure he doesn't realize (or give a shit) the trauma he caused SO many kids here

I'm very sorry that we had to wait until it had escalated through the roof...It isn't something that one can easily accuse someone of without anything to back it up

I'm DEFINITELY NOT blaming the victims...I (and I hope 'WE') understand completely

It's very scary to consider what he's doing (and has most likely done) in REAL LIFE...

If we could get back even HALF of the female members he has run off (and seriously...the list is a mile long), this would be a bustling forum


Now I'm going to try to 'clean up' this thread a bit, in anticipation of its closing

Thank you Rayne. Please don't delete the posts about how he victimized members, so that the other people that it happened to know it wasn't just them. I know you'll use good judgement, you always do. :)

Please don't blame the masses for the actions of a few (or in this case, just 2...But, mostly 1)...ANY medium of communication can be misused and abused

And...It happens EVERYWHERE...Just because other forums haven't discovered it, or come out with it, that doesn't mean that they are any safer than it is here...As a matter of fact, I'd say that it's MORE safe here because WE are aware of the problem...Most places aren't...But, trust me...They ARE there

Believe me...It took a lot for those who have spoken to come out with and share their encounters...They should (and will) be heard...Hopefully it will encourage some of the others to open up, get it out (it can help you to feel better to purge yourself of nasty shit like this), and someday return to the forum

Thanks BR. :)
I'm beginning to get an idea of how much damage he caused here. And I do feel bad for not saying something; and believe me had I ANY idea that it involved young girls, I would have. I don't have to imagine what that is like, and it scares the hell out of me, thinking about what he may be getting away with not only online, but outside of the internet.

Ugh, I feel like I have to say this, just in case. I found out that apparently he (trippin') is bisexual, so it may not only be females that he victimized. Whoever it happened to, female or male, you are not alone and it wasn't your fault!

I can speak from experience that it happens everywhere. I help run another forum and we have a lot of teen members, and I do mean a lot. We have had issues of older men and women asking for pics of kids, of them nude, trying to get them into yahoo or on phone to talk sex. I created a teenager account just for the purpose of catching these pervs. We have been dealing with this issue 6 yrs at this forum and it is a non stop battle. Kill one sick perv, ten more replaces them

**EDIT** Jenna and Monalisa, you are both a lot braver than I am. I dont think I could have stepped up and told those stories. I got a lot of respect for you both and everyone else who has told what happened to them.

Phew, thank God he never pm'd me shit like that... SO glad that those assholes are gone.

Did he have any kids? In real life, that is.

He posts pictures of himself with a little girl (about 6-7 years old) that he says is his daughter...He says he has custody of her because her mother is a psycho, crack-addicted whore (of course, I can almost believe THAT part, because...well...Who ELSE would have sex with him? :rolleyes: )...Who really knows?

MOST of the ADULT women that he targets, have little girls...

I just hope it's possible for a guy like him to be a good/normal dad...

Yes, this is one of things that has been on my mind; one of the ways he hooked me so to speak was because of his love for his daughter, how devoted he was to her, how much hell he was going through with the custody battle. And now....I don't know what the hell to think.

Poor kid. Why haven't we called the cops on dave and trip? It's too gross to be left out in the open.

Got an address?...A phone number?...A last name?

And do we know if he REALLY has a kid?

The internet gives them the anonymity that they need...

I guess technically trippin's myspace could be used for something.

Don't be so hasty to jump to conclusions like that.

That's not fair.

What isn't fair about it, exactly?

Once convicted, sexual predators (of ANY type) aren't allowed to have contact with children...ANY children...Fair or not...

To call him a child molester. Coz that's pretty much what you're saying.

1 thing is being a perverted pig on the internet. another thing is being it in real life.

If he targeted children, that would make him a child molester. There is nothing else about it.

I don't know what the law says about it, but i'm sure you're right, Rayne.


But i still don't think it's fair to call either OMCDave or Trippin child molesters.

That's going too far, based on what we know about them.


But who knows.....

But he didn't target children.

Young people, too young. 13, 14, 15. That's too young. It's not technically a child, but they are very young, that's messed up. He did it. we have the proof, it isn't like we just decided to assume this.

He targeted every female on this forum...We don't have any 7 year-olds here...The youngest members we have had (typically) are 12, 13, 14, etc...And he DID go after them...

So...Who knows?

Hmmm, he told me that his exwife has custody of the daughter and he rarely gets to see her. He said she was either remarried or going to get married (can't remember which) to a guy she met in rehab and that her parents have money to fight him in court with so he has almost no hope of getting custody or even shared custody of her. It's all up to his ex when he can see her. I shudder to think there may be more to THAT story than what he said. I think I'm gonna go vomit now.

He told me his last name was Lombardi. And I think DJ is for David Joseph. I have an old phone number that doesn't work anymore, but maybe it's possible to trace back to him if he had it in his name.

Contact the guy who does the whole "To Catch a Predator" thing and see what happens. If he tries and accepts then it's something he deserves.

That's what i'm saying.

I wouldn't call that "Targeting children".


I'm not sure he thinks about age that much while talking to females online. I think he just go for everybody who seems to go along and then see how far he can take it.

I guess he's..... Lonely.

Interesting...I wonder on what grounds he would think a court would refuse him the right to even shared custody...

Also...Why would custody be awarded to a crack addict (who's supposed to be mentally unstable) who is living with another addict from a rehab...Especially if there was nothing 'wrong' with the father?....Hmmm


Neither of his stories makes any sense

But...What I'm saying is...He targeted the youngest members we have...So, that was the only opportunity he had HERE...What if we DID have 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc. year-old members?...Ya never know...

But...Does anyone know HOW?...I haven't got a clue...I have no idea where they get the names of people they go after...

All good questions.... VERY good indeed.


But non of us know if any of that is really true.