Posts by Jana

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

jw
friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Jana

I thought I had more to say but it seems like most people have made their mind up about me. That's fine.

I never cheated on my wife. I would never solicit a sex-worker. None of that is on my conscience. I don't agree with or condone those things. When I'm speaking on the channel it's because I want to be helpful to survivors like myself. You may view it as me cosigning everything he has done and said. This is not the case. I'm not a simp. I've met Lloyd one time. I've met lots of people one time, including Harrison Ford. I'm not responsible for anything they do.

I initially wanted to defend myself. Like I said, I can't defend him. I realize now, that most of your minds are made up about me, so there's no use in trying to change that. I just didn't want the previous post about not reaching out to me, to make someone who genuinely wanted to, feel like they couldn't.

Thanks for the space.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

jw
friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Jana

I cannot and will not defend or debate his actions, admissions and accusations. Because none of that is me. That's ALL him. He's a grown man and that's not my battle or burden.

I only wanted to come in here and be clear about my level of involvement in his channel.

You can hate/judge me if you like...but it really would be a waste of energy. I haven't done anything. I'm my own person, that you know nothing about. Maybe you feel like you "know enough" to make a judgement. You're entitled to your feelings.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

jw
friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Jana

Hello.

I've never felt the need to come on here and defend myself although of course I've seen my name pop up occasionally.

All I would like to say is, please disregard the statement a previous commenter made about being "a lost cause" and that you shouldn't bother reaching out to me. Anyone who ever actually has reached out to me could tell you that I'm reasonable, I listen, and I'm approachable.

In regards the document, as soon as the video was over, Ron Pomo reached out to me, and I sent him the PDF to make public. I am in touch with and friendly with many ex-jws and ex-jw YouTubers. Not just your most hated one. I have blind loyalty to no one.

I would like to clarify, that I very much do not schedule interviews or in any way work for Lloyd. I actually had no idea the elder was going to be in the video until his camera popped up which is why if you watch the video, you'd notice I avoid saying his name because I had no idea what it was. If it was my video, I would have advised the elder to wear a mask or appear off screen probably. It was not my video and nothing except the document was shared with me beforehand.

As a writer, I'm not delusional enough to think he could do anything for my writing career. I just enjoy writing. The two things are wildly unrelated. 😂

Lastly, I am "for the people". If any other ex-jw invited me on their YouTube I probably would. There's only one channel I would say no to and it's more on US political grounds than anything else. Although many of them are friendly with me privately, I cannot appear on their channels because of the amount of second degree hate attached to me because of things I had nothing to do with.

I understand how much people hate and distrust Lloyd. I've seen the mega thread. I have nothing to say on him. You all have said plenty already. All I will say is, if he's going to continue to cover documents and topics about CSA, wouldn't you rather there be someone there to bring a sensitivity to the topic? To bring a lived experience to the topic?

Hope everyone has a great day.