. . . if what is going on with this "trevorgate" thing is true, I think it is best to simply make a donation to a good cause, instead of directly to the person, unless you have absoulute, direct contact with the situation entirely.
Because of my awakenings about all of my own family and JW mental health issues - and in light of the info I've come across today about Linda and Trevor - I am inspired to make donations to NAMI and other mental health organizations in the name of "Trevor S." and other deluded or abusive people who seriously need help.
There are enough stressors and depressers in my life, without trying to help people who have imaginary problems, (although I don't doubt they too need help - just not the kind of help I can offer!).
If a person or people are laughing at us for our desire to reach out, be humane, offer compassion and act as a family in the way that many of us have been denied by the WTB&TS, the person perpetrating the hoax is so deeply damaged that seeking to punish him/her is counterproductive; however, he/she definitely needs to be confronted and face the natural consequences.
If they've benefitted financially in any way from such a hoax, they should find a way to pay it back to the people who were duped, or should be institutionalized where they can get the help they really need.
This is very sad for everyone involved. It makes me sick.