Disclaimer: The Bradley L. Jesness FAQ is being hosted by the owner of WilHelp.Com, Taylor Jimenez. This FAQ is about a USENET abuser and Internet stalker named Bradley L. Jesness. He achieved initial notoriety by abusing the newsgroup sci.psychology.psychotherapy, but has expanded his abuse to many other groups, including, ironically, groups devoted to discussions of Internet abuse. This FAQ was not created by the current host and there are many individual contributors who have provided information in the hope that the more people know about Bradley L. Jesness, the greater the likelihood that he will realize his internet abuse is not achieving the desired result. Make no mistake: If you publicly (on the Internet) confront Mr. Jesness without some measure of anonymity, Mr. Jesness will not hesitate to call your employer or even law enforcement to harass you. As time goes on and this FAQ is seen by more and more people, Mr. Jesness will become less and less a threat. But vigilance must be maintained. Mr. Jesness has shown for many years that he becomes utterly obsessed with anyone who dares confront him in public. His obsession is well documented. By the time you finish this FAQ you should have all the information you need to protect yourself from a genuinely dangerous person.

Brad Jesness has claimed to have worked in the psychology field yet it is not clear exactly what it was that he did. From 1995 to the present Mr. Jesness has attempted to represent himself as a reputable authority in the field of psychology. At one point Mr. Jesness had claimed he was a "certified professional" but was forced to retract such claims. The Minnesota State Board of Psychology, the Minnesota Board of Teaching, Post-Secondary Education and Higher Education boards/agencies all say that Brad is neither licensed nor certified by them.

Mr. Jesness has redefined internet stalking for the 21st century. He has attempted to bully, extort, threaten and harass people who dare speak out against his failed logic or outright, dangerous advice. With over 1035 known aliases and his abuse of anonymous remailers, Mr. Jesness has managed to become a one man harassment army. Never in the history of the internet has there been such an arrogant and shameless abuser. Several thousand USENET postings over an almost ten year period can be attributed to Mr. Jesness or his "supporters". Almost 100% of those posts were mean spirited and/or defamatory.

Many in the field of psychology believe Mr. Jesness suffers from acute Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Mr. Jesness' demonstrated method of internet abuse would support such a theory. Mr. Jesness' intense hatred and distrust of most psychologists will unfortunately prevent him from getting the help he so desperately needs. Apparently Mr. Jesness has developed some kind of home-grown, half-baked theories regarding psychology. At the heart of this snake oil is the notion that conventional psychology is completely wrong and only Mr. Jesness' radical approach is valid. This type of belief structure and worldview are consistent with most people who suffer NPD. This is really unforunate for the internet community because Mr. Jesness believes he is normal and will never seek help on his own.

The typical M.O. of Mr. Jesness is to enlist the help of a "Supporter Of Bradley", (SOB) to actually post the offensive material. These posts always speak of Mr. Jesness in the third person and are written in such a way that Mr. Jesness could perhaps try to deny his authorship. The interesting thing about these posts is that the SOB author frequently has really positive things to say about Mr. Jesness. To date, no one other than Mr. Jesness has been identified as an SOB and Mr. Jesness has offered no hard evidence that any other people are responsible for the SOB abuse of USENET. Posting anonymously cuts both ways. The mechanism that provides his deniability (anonymous remailers) also makes it impossible for him to prove if someone has ever impersonated an SOB to discredit him. The irony that an anonymous poster is so well known and *anything but* anonymous is not lost on those who know Brad.

Mr. Jesness will also threaten legal and criminal action for those who associate, post or talk about his FAQ too. Those who stand up to Mr. Jesness do so at great personal risk. Mr. Jesness has threatened legal action against all involved with the FAQ since September 4, 2001. To date, Mr. Jesness has not made good on his threats. There is documented evidence that Mr. Jesness has been investigated for alleged internet stalking. Let this be a warning to all of you. Bradley L. Jesness is a ruthless and mean-spirited person. He attempts to destroy people's reputation out of jealously or spite and if you stand up to him, you could be the focus of endless defamatory yet anonymous USENET postings. The best thing to do with Mr. Jesness is ignore and avoid him. And if you are reading this Mr. Jesness we urge you to seek out professional, reputable psychotherapy.

The Brad Jesness FAQ Mirror Sites - As of August 23, 2005