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Starting in 2010, myself (Kent Madin) and a few others were dubious about Ripley Davenport's claim to being a "renowned" desert explorer. We began to individually and collaboratively research those claims. In 2013, when Ripley Davenport (also known as Rip Davenport) and his wife Laura realized that their schemes to defraud the public, the press, clients, donors, non-profits, etc had been scrutinzed and would be publicly revealed they broke off all communications and declared themselves victims of cyberstalking. The Davenports then "doxxed" me and declared me an "international cyberstalker". Ripleydavenport.net was created as a 'billboard on the cyber-highway' to attract sources for the journalism project which ultimately resulted in this article about Rip Davenport in Politiken, Denmark's largest newspaper. English translation here.
Between 2014 and 2017 the Davenports' made baseless allegations of cyberstalking to five different police agencies; Bozeman, Montana Police Department, Irish Garda, Swedish Police, Victoria, Australia Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US. I cooperated fully with all investigations and all closed quickly upon determining that the allegations were baseless, unsupported by evidence, with no further action taken. This website also serves as a forum to answer the Davenports' ad hominem attacks on me, my character and my activities.
In June of 2022 the Davenports conned the Swedish IMY agency, which administers the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into demanding that Google remove this website from Google search results. In spite of IMY agreeing with Google that this site is valid journalism, the IMY decided that the material here is "irrelevant" and hence can be blocked. The material here is a decade-long documentation of fraud, deceit and lies perpetrated by the Davenports to gain money, fame and to falsely impugn the motives of myself and others. The Davenports claimed that Ripley is no longer working as an "explorer" and "public speaker" and is now a humble "copywriter" so that his history as a fraudulent explorer shouldn't matter. But the record shows that Ripley and his wife just PRETENDED he was an explorer and public speaker..for purposes of fraud. This website is a documented story of serial fraudulent behavior over a decade. The point is that the history of unrepentent, serial fraud is what is RELEVANT to the general public. The Davenports lied on their "request to be forgotten" to the IMY, continuing their fraudulent behavior to the present day. http://ripleydavenport.net/Ripley%20complaints%20to%20IMY%20annotated%20for%20Google.pdf
A quick list of the Davenports' main frauds:
Expeditions that never happened: Kara Kum Desert, Namibia Coast, living with Tuareg and Gadia Lothar nomads, climbed Ibn Saud Peak, traveled in Arctic
Expeditions that failed: Mongolia2010, Gobi2011, Death Valley
Fake credentials: 7 years British Special Forces, Combat Paramedic, MA degrees in Environmental Science and Conservation Biology, "sought after expedition guide", certified "Rescue Swimmer".
Faked Event: Kenmare River Swim
Fake Illness: Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Ripleydavenport.net is being reformatted as a modern, smartphone-friendly website complete with photos and new links. Look for a new site at RipDavenport.com.
It will include new examples of fraudulent behavior, including fake endurance events, giving false information to the police, pretending to have a serious (and sympathy producing) illness and more.
It will include definitive, detailed rebuttals to the Rip Davenport's claims of being the victims of cyberstalking. It will be available at WordPress as "Ripley and Laura Davenport: Frauds"
Kent Madin rett39@yahoo.com 406-595-2310 I always welcome questions and comment.
In the meantime, continue to the original Ripleydavenport.net website In it's rough form by clicking HERE.