EXPOSÉ on Jon Selby, of masterswim.co.il Israel
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Jonathan Selby is the person who slandered me on the web, impeded my emotional recovery and contacted Kristine Lukens’ (Z”L) family to try to implicate me in the murder of their daughter.
These details about Jon Selby (Jonathan/Yonatan Selby/Selibowitz) on the internet.
POB 556, Modiin, 71718, Israel
Telephone: +972 (0) 52 577 6120
Business email: info@masterswim.co.il
Website: http://www.masterswim.co.il
Facebook: Jon Selby
LinkedIn - Jon Selby/Master Swim
YouTube: selbysworld and/or Yonatan Selby
Italics = direct libelous quotations
In December 2010, just one week after the brutal terror attack on myself and Kristine Luken, (Z’’L) Jon Selby engaged on a crusade of harassment, character defamation and internet libel that lasted for two and a half years. Using innuendo and blatant vulgar accusations, he blamed me for the murder of Kristine.
Selby also cast a shadow on my professional vocation. In lying about my previous actions as a guide and claiming that I am irresponsible, he also damaged my prospective income and marred my professional reputation, causing questions concerning my culpability in the murder of Kristine.
Selby did all he could to exacerbate my sufferings by conspicuously posting his libel around the dates I appeared in the media. He mocked my legitimate legal struggles for a disability allowance and he treated with contempt the terrible anguish that I suffered due to the terror attack. Publicly he scorned my experience of terror and his harassment according to the records of Hadassah Mental Health Clinic, “impaired Kay’s recovery.”
One week after the terror attack, Selby requested the contact details of Kristine’s family from her employers, saying: “I wish to send them my condolences.” Exploiting the press gag and initial speculations he then surreptitiously guided Kristine's family to the various sites where under different user names he had posted many libelous comment, among which: She has a criminal record and She has previously attempted murder. He urged Kristine’s poor, bereaved family to entertain the thought that the murder of their daughter was not only within my capabilities, but given my Soiled track record, I was the prime suspect.
Two and a half weeks after the terror attack, he set up a FaceBook account using the name of the slain Kristine Luken. On this site he speculated: Stabbings in and right outside of Jerusalem are not uncommon per se, but they are few and far between... Victims of stabbings in Jerusalem since 2006 - and there aren’t that many - have all been male... Terrorists not stabbers typically, more into bombing... Neither female is said to have had any political affiliations that would have prompted a terrorist attack.’
Wilson's stab wounds were superficial and she did not lose a lot of blood... Men favor switchblades and pocket knives more as they are smaller and easier to conceal...Women tend to use serrated bread knives as protection. Hikers have uses for such knives too, especially if they plan to make or camp or prepare any meals during their excursion... Wilson, the surviving woman in this “attack” claims it was allegedly perpetrated by two Arab males... ’Wilson, one of the alleged victims, lived; Kristine Luken, the other woman died from stab wounds... The unusual circumstance - one woman buried beneath a bush the other left out in the open - one murdered, the other left alive - raise all kinds of speculation and conjecture that make it a crime more likely personal in nature rather than terroristic.’
On other sites, under different user names he writes: ‘This could have been avoided... Someone is dead. The police are having difficulty putting the pieces together and they don't completely believe the only witness to the crime. You know something about the people involved which may shed some light on the matter, but the info is not related specifically to the crime, would you contact the police?... Some facts that the Police don’t want you to know... She has previously tried to kill... she has a criminal record.’
I was mostly bed ridden and could hardly move because of the severity of my injuries and the pain. I was traumatized and did not want to be alone for one minute, Upon my release from hospital, friends kindly opened up their home in Modi’in so I could spend the next few months with them. Upon hearing that I was moving to Modi’in, Selby - who also lives in Modiin - wrote to a mutual acquaintance: I believe Vile-sin (SIC Wilson) is thinking of moving to Modiin - this is my town, my people, and we don't want her here. I would strongly advise she finds another place...Vile-sin(SIC Wilson) is a cunning and deceptive individual, she is capable of anything. Stabbing in the back is not impossible - grab a knife and try and pierce yourself, not so difficult. In addition, her wounds were superficial compared with Luken. Vile-sin is a sick and unstable person. She is a menace to society, and she has lead an innocent woman to her death. The Blood of Kristine Luken is still on her hands... She has done this type of thing before.’
Six weeks after the terror attack the press gag was lifted. The police announced that Palestinian terrorists, Kifah Ghanimat and Iyad Fatafta had been arrested for the attack on myself and Kristine. Selby posts a ‘disclaimer’ on Facebook account Kristine Luken:
‘...The administrators of this site are grateful that justice has prevailed, and trust that the evil perpetrators are put behind bars for a long time.’
I thought that this would be the end of things. I was wrong.
Seven months after the murder, the American TV station CBN did a report about the attack. The channel uploaded the report on their website. Among other vulgar and shaming libel, Selby posted on their site under the perverse name ‘Truth Luken:’ ‘She is violent... a sociopath... has tried to kill in the past... she has a UK criminal record.’ He concludes that it is ‘poetic justice’ because ‘she now knows what it is like to be on the receiving end.’ On another blog, with a different user name, he writes: ‘Ms Wilson has a soiled track record that clearly speaks for itself. It was apparently only a matter of time before murder entered into her sphere of influence... Kristine would still be with us today if she had not succumbed to this terrible women’s influence, and the delusional lot who support and abet her actions!’
During my trauma therapy I wrote an account of the terror account. It was an important part of my treatment. I also wrote it in memory of Kristine. The sales of the booklet provided me with a small income and restored to me, a measure of the dignity that comes with providing for myself. I had not worked since the attack. When Selby became aware of my booklet he blogs: ‘Ms Wilson has been spending the last few months preparing her extraordinary account of how she brilliantly outwitted hardened criminals and survived a near-death ordeal: will (the booklet) also reveal Ms Wilson's sordid history and other grisly secrets....? What this book fails to show is the lunacy surrounding religious zealots, and Ms Wilson’s own atrocious criminal background and the destructive impact her life has had on everyone she has come into contact with! Kristine Luken is just another of her victims. And her desire for attention will ensure that it won’t be long before some new stories surface involving this sociopathic cretin.’
18th September 2011 I went to court. It was the first time that I faced my attackers since the murder. I arrived home from court to an email from Selby. (Two days before I received a request from ‘Jon Selby’ to be part of his contacts on LinkedIn. Not realizing that these invites are automated, I wrote him, inquiring why he wants to contact me.) He wrote: ‘Lest you be deceived and your furtive imagination concoct wild ideas of humble contrition and fawning on my part: your own self-inflated self-important towering edifice of an ego has imagined that this email was directed purposefully, and exclusively, to you. In fact it was sent out by LinkedIn as a general request to all people who had made contact on my gmail account. A lost and lonely soul you are, which feeds upon others as a solace to its deep sense of rejection and lack of self-worth. A bottom feeder, scuttling about and picking at the bereft souls that choose to allow its attachment. Unable and unwilling to rise to the surface.There are many that still know what and who you are, and we are happy to keep a safe distance!
That was an extremely difficult day.
During July 2012 the media covered my struggles in my fight for disability with the Israel National Insurance. Selby blogs under ‘Truth Luken:’ ‘Ms Wilson does it again. Ms Wilson is a fraud an opportunist and attention seeker – she still works as a tour guide for a local tour operator and takes busloads of Christians on private tours. Being the ‘heroine’ she now is brings with it much status – the tours she leads make her “disability” and “unemployed” stipend pale by comparison. And then of course there is the money she receives from abroad. She lived off the backs of other people for more than 25 years since immigrating from London, until finally she became a tour operator some 3 years ago. Now she is moaning about unemployment benefits and “disability” stipends! Its a shame that so few are willing to dig a bit deeper and see through this disturbed person.’
24th November - 2012 - Kifah Ghanimat pleads guilty to the murder of Kristine Luken and sentenced to life imprisonment. That day, Selby posts under ‘Truth Luken:’ ‘Wilson is a fraud! A glory seeker with a rapacious appetite for self-attention; She has a criminal record – including attempted murder... (UK criminal records)...She is a grade 1 sociopath and nothing more!’
In September 2013- after nearly another year of therapy - I finally felt strong enough to try to end Jonathan Selby’s unrestrained libel. I engaged Private Investigator Michael Roberts to trip wire Jonathan Selby. Only 11 hours after our first briefing, Michael informed me that he had successfully caught Selby.
Two days later, understanding that he had been caught, Selby closed the FaceBook account ‘Kristine Luken.’ He claimed that he could not remove all the other libel, so the investigator acted as a mediator, engaging with the hosts of the other libelous blogs advising that they may be subject to litigation. They not only removed Selby’s libel from their blogs, they went the ‘extra mile’ in posting an apology to me.
Selby then sent me a personal email: ‘I am sorry’ and ‘I ask for forgiveness.’ He also said, ‘I really want to make right with you, to try to make restitutions for my actions.’ In good faith I chose to believe that he meant what he said and therefore only requested him to:
- Get a court order to remove all libel from the servers.
- Reimburse me the fees for the investigation,
- Offer me symbolic compensation in an out of court settlement.
Not only has Selby made no effort of restitution he continued to send emails to say that it is me who has ‘defamed his name,’ and he is the ‘victim.’
I have refrained from publishing much of Selby’s libel here, due to the level of it’s vulgarity. Everything is now in the hands of my attorneys.
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