WHAT HAPPENED TO SCOTT ZIRUS?

Scott Zirus (DOB: 6th April 1984) was born and raised in Western Australia. Between 2006 and his fateful trip to Texas in 2009, Scott Zirus was the Senior Activities Instructor at Fairbridge Village (Pinjarra, Western Australia) and specialized in character development through environmental awareness and outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, etc. On average Scott Zirus came in contact with 3,500 clients per year - most of them youth groups.

In 2009 (aged 25) Scott Zirus was a participant in the Camp America program. He was highly recommended and was selected to work at a prestigious summer camp in the Hill Country of Texas called 'Camp Stewart for Boys'.

After camp, Scott Zirus was falsely accused of inappropriately touching three of his campers and arrested in San Antonio, Texas. Scott Zirus was illegally interrogated by Kerr County authorities and coerced to sign a false statement written by the police officer who violated his rights. This so-called "confession" essentially sealed his fate. His court-appointed attorneys incessantly put pressure

on him to accept a plea deal. Scott Zirus continuously refused and pled his innocence

- but no one believed him. One day, in his moment of weakness, Scott Zirus broke down and agreed to enter a 'cold plea' of guilty (a "cold plea" is an insincere plea). Scott Zirus was subsequently sentenced to 40 years in a Texas prison without the possibility of parole. Unless he is successful in overturning his conviction, he will be forced to discharge his entire 40-year sentence. A.s such, Scott Zirus is not eligible to return to Australia until the year 2049 - He will be 65.

Why was Scott Zirus falsely accused? the short answer - $9.2 MIL1ION.

The families of his accusers filed a series of multi-million dollar lawsuits (8 in total) against Camp Stewart, Camp America, and Scott Zirus. The camps settled to avoid a show trial, while Scott Zirus fought the allegations to prove his innocence. Ultimately all the lawsuits against Scott Zirus were DISMISSED (which means he won).

Through these lawsuits, Scott Zirus was able to find credible evidence that he was falsely accused and is actually innocent. To find out more, read Scott Zirus' FREE eBook: "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"'

EVIDENCE OF SCOTT ZIRUS' INNOCENCE

Because Scott Zirus was convicted of a crime that never happened, his case is considered a "no-crime" conviction. These cases are often "she said, he said" hearsay cases where the only evidence is the testimony of opposing witness. There is no physical evidence like DNA that can be used to exonerate the accused, and there is also no alternative culprit that can be uncovered because a crime actually occurred. These types of cases are inherently difficult because it requires that an accused prove a negative.

According to the National Registry of Exonerations, child sexual abuse tops the list of "no-crime" exonerations - 75% of all child sexual abuse exonerations involved "no-crime", while no-crime homicide was only 7%; no-crime sexual assault 14%; and no-crime drug offenses 55%. The most common facts behind a no-crime child sexual abuse conviction is perjury (lying under oath) and false allegations. Because of this, one of the only ways a person accused of a "no-crime" can be exonerated is for the accuser to recant. In at least 37% of such no-crime cases, one or more of the accused recanted their allegations after conviction. Imagine the potential number of other innocent people like Scott Zirus who are in prison for no-crime convictions where the accuser is too afraid to come forth and tell the truth that their allegations are false.

Regardless of the inherent difficulty that such cases pose, Scott Zirus has already been successful in obtaining credible evidence of his innocence. The most significant thing about this evidence is that most of it would not exist if Scott Zirus wasn't innocent.

In his free eBook "Guilty Until Proven Innocent", Scott Zirus gives a detailed explanation of how he is innocent. Here is a brief description of some of the facts that prove that he is innocent:

RECANTATION

THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOTIVE

CONTRADICTORY EMAILS

In 2012 one of Scott Zirus' accusers gave an unsolicited recantation to a clinical psychologist. Three years after falsely accusing Scott Zirus of inappropriately touching him, MW told the psychologist that "Scott didn't do anything to me". In more detail, the psychologist report states that MW "reported that when he was at Camp Stewart that he cried in his bed, not in the first week, like the other boys, but in the last couple of weeks, because he was worried about something happening to his parents. When asked if this had anything to do with Scott he replied, 'Scott didn't do anything to me.' He was not challenged on his report".

This recantation is extremely significant. Not only did it take a tremendous amount of courage to finally tell the truth, but it shows that, absent the pressure of law enforcement and parents, MW was not willing to continue the false abuse

narrative.

CONTRADICTORY EMAILS

THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOTIVE

CONTRADICTORY EMAILS

Two days after camp, the mother who first initiated the false allegations wrote an email to the owner of Camp Stewart. In it, she said:

"As a first-time mom, I was eager to see if [my son] had enjoyed himself as much as I had imagined he would. He did!!! He has told me no more than 100 times, 'Thank you Mommy for sending me to camp. It is the most fun thing I have ever done!'. That is what any mom wants to hear, so I couldn't have wished for a better outcome. Thank you to you and all of the wonderful staff. Camp Stewart truly is a special place. [My son] told me this morning, his first day back home, that he missed me when he was gone, but he was having so much fun that he didn't really have time to think about it much, but now he is missing camp, all the people at camp, and all the fun activities. He is eager to return next year"

A little over a year later, and after Scott Zirus' conviction was secured, the same mother wrote an open letter that stated:

When I picked my son up from camp, I knew immediately that something was wrong. He was behaving in a completely inappropriate manner for the situation, always a sign of trouble. The first thing he did when he saw me was cry. He was also talking in baby talk. He had never done that before •.• He would waffle back and forth between his regular voice and this new baby talk. He was short tempered and he cried at the drop of a feather. He was suddenly afraid of the dark, and he didn't want to let me out of his sight.

CAN YOU SEE ANY CONTRADICTIONS???

THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MOTIVE

OTHER CAMP COUNSELORS FALSELY ACCUSED

Scott Zirus has always expressed his belief that the motive for the false allegations was the multi-million dollar lawsuits that followed his conviction. A series of EIGHT multi-million dollar lawsuits were filed by his accusers families against Camp Stewart, Camp America, and Scott Zirus. After a decade of fighting the litigation all the lawsuits were DISMISSED against Scott Zirus as "uncertain, indefinite and incapable of being satisfactorily established". Rather than risk a show trial,

Camp Stewart and Camp America settled with the accusers for well over $9.2 MILLION.

What is significant about the dismissal in Scott Zirus' favor is that the burden of proof to establish liability in a civil suit is vastly lower than in a criminal case. So if the accusers could not prove Scott Zirus abused them in a civil suit

how could his criminal case stand? It is the opposite of what happened to OJ Simps n who was found not guilty in his criminal case but liable in his civil suit. It is clear that Scott Zirus conviction was obtained because his rights were violated and the justice system failed him.

OTHER CAMP COUNSELORS FALSELY ACCUSED

NO WITNESSES WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

OTHER CAMP COUNSELORS FALSELY ACCUSED

Against all parental instincts, the majority of Scott Zirus' accusers returned to Camp Stewart the following years despite their allegations of abuse there. In 2012, one of the accusers falsely accused a UK National named "Daniel" of inappropriately touching him. Daniel was sent back to the UK because the boys parents did not want to press charged this time. The Senior Vice President of Camp America wrote the following to Daniel's father:

Once Daniel is safely back home we can discuss his experience and try to see what lessons can be learned to help future Camp America participants protect themselves against false allegations of this kind.

This shows two things: 1) The Vice President of Camp America knew this boy falsely accused Danie], and 2) since this boy also falsely accused Scott Zirus three years before, he clearly had a propensity to make such claims.

What are the odds that inappropriate touching could happen TWICE to the SAME child at the SAME camp by FOREIGN NATIONALS?

But wait... in 2019 a lawsuit was filed against Camp Stewart, Camp America and a Scottish camp counselor named "Graeme". It was alleged that in 2013 Graeme groomed a boy into inappropriate contact with him. What is interesting is that this boy attended Camp Stewart with the same group of boys that falsely accused Scott Zirus, and (very interestingly) was represented by the exact SAME attorney that litigated the lawsuits against Scott Zirus and Daniel.

One summer camp; three foreign nationals; nine accusers; one attorney; millions of dollars - what are the odds?

NO WITNESSES WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

There was a near l:1 ratio of campers to leaders in Scott Zirus' cabin. The ratio

was so high because the age of the campers and Scott Zirus' additional responsibilities as a Division Leader. Yet despite the other adults being in the small cabin during the alleged events of abuse, no one saw or heard anything inappropriate. In fact, no one even saw any type of grooming behavior or anything questionable.

A PI Report revealed one of Scott Zirus' co-cabin leaders explained that "he never observed Scott Zirus doing anything that appeared inappropriate with any of the hoys. He never received a complaint from any of the boys or counselors about Mr. Zirus.

He also remembered that several of the boys in Mr. Zirus' cabin would often sit on his lap, but he said it was like they were sitting on their father's lap. He did not think it was inappropriate nor did he think it was against the Camp's rules. He said the rule was that the counselors should never do anything with the boys that they would not want an adult to see. He did recall that the boys seemed to really like Mr. Zirus. He never heard Mr. Zirus asking the boys to sit on his lap. He said they seemed to want to be with him".

This sentiment and direct observation of no inappropriate or questionable behavior was echoed with the other counselors in Scott Zirus' cabins that summer.

The question must be asked: With such a high level of supervision if Scott Zirus was actually guilty of inappropriate behavior, how did he do it without anyone observing the alleged incidents or any form of grooming behavior? No one saw anything because there was nothing to see. Scott Zirus didn't do it.