Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Baltimore, Maryland

Sifu T. B. -. W. C.

With a heavy heart, I write this review as both a father and an American who believes in truth, fairness, and the rule of law.

For nearly eight years, my son and I have suffered deeply due to systemic corruption and fraud involving the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, funded in part by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC). What began with a false accusation—rooted in a fabricated claim of abuse—evolved into a multi-year campaign to destroy my life, my livelihood, and my bond with my son.

The case was knowingly pursued without merit, while others in legitimate need were turned away. During this time, I was illegally gagged by Judge Justin King, who then placed me in jail for 30 days after I legally provided body cam footage to a news outlet—footage that proved my innocence and exposed lies from an attorney who worked with the Women’s Law Center. This was not justice. It was retaliation for speaking the truth.

I was then forced to shut down my businesses, plunging me into financial devastation. Despite no material change in circumstances, custody of my child was taken from me, and I was threatened—verbally, legally, and even physically—on multiple occasions. False criminal charges were manufactured, and my reputation was slandered throughout the community, in the courthouse, and within police departments to ensure I was silenced and discredited.

This experience has not only destroyed my personal and professional life—it has traumatized my son, whose suffering continues to this day.

And I am not alone.

While there are indeed honorable individuals within the Women’s Law Center who have helped people in true need, this does not absolve the conduct of those who have weaponized public funding and legal authority for personal or political vendettas. These actions occurred under the watch of Michelle Siri, now Director of this organization, and Laurie Ruth, who wielded inappropriate influence over legal proceedings. The abuse of power was deliberate, systemic, and aided by a network of complicit individuals who treated justice like a game—and lives like collateral damage.

I have since contacted Attorney General Pam Bondi, members of the Department of Justice, DODGE and senior federal officials, calling for an investigation into this ongoing abuse of taxpayer-funded legal services.

To the Maryland Legal Services Corporation: Do the right thing. Investigate. Audit. Hold accountable every individual who betrayed their oath. Return misused donor and grant money. Protect the truly vulnerable. Restore the mission of justice—not politics, not power, and not persecution.

This country was built on due process, fairness, and truth. And those principles must be restored—for my family, and for every other silenced victim still waiting to be heard.