I Thought My Therapist Lost Her Mind. She Was Actually Running A Criminal Operation With A Convicted Felon.

Part 2: What The Investigation Revealed

When I published my story at first, I believed Emily Davis was a therapist who’d lost her mind. I was wrong. She was a therapist running a calculated criminal operation with a convicted felon. Here’s what the investigation uncovered.

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Months ago, I wrote about how my therapist Emily Davis extorted $126,000 from me using five years of my trauma as ammunition.

You can read that full story here if you haven’t already:

Before realizing she was part of it I thought she was delusional. Paranoid. Maybe even genuinely believed the threats she was manufacturing. She created so much chaos I didn’t know what to believe. Never in a million fucking years would I have thought she’d be behind everything.

I was wrong.

The private investigator’s report came back in November. What it revealed wasn’t mental illness. It was organized crime.

The Letter That Cracked Everything Open

In February 2024, I received a threatening letter at my home. It contained my confidential FINRA identification number. Names of people I’d only discussed in therapy with Emily. False allegations designed to destroy my arbitration case against Fidelity.

The return address: R Sender, 81 Warren St, NYC, NY 10007.

When the PI traced it, that address came back to TAQ Taqueria Restaurant & Bar.

Owned by Mark Messmore’s parents.

Not a coincidence. Not a random address. Mark Messmore’s family business.

The same Mark Messmore Emily claimed was “stalking” us. The same Mark she said was trying to destroy both our careers. The same Mark she used to justify extracting $126,000 from me for “protection services.”

But here’s where it gets worse.

Meet Mark Messmore: Your Typical Felon

Mark Messmore has a criminal record. Four felony convictions between 2019-2020:

• Identity Theft (MCL 445.65)

• Using Computer to Commit Crime (MCL 752.797)

• Financial Transaction Device Fraud

His victim? His ex-girlfriend. He stole her identity, got credit cards in her name, bought himself a Mercedes.

His sentence? 2 years probation, $53,713 restitution.

His probation ended: September 23, 2022.

This scheme against me began: October 2023.

Thirteen months later.

You see the pattern? He literally ran the same playbook he was convicted for:

• Identity theft (my FINRA CRD number)

• Computer-generated threats (VOIP numbers, bulk mail)

• Financial fraud (the fake “reputation firm”)

• Exploiting relationship connections

The threatening letter I received wasn’t just sent from his parents’ restaurant. It was computer-generated bulk mail. The marking on the letter: “1**********AUTO**ALL FOR AADC 480.”

Mark Messmore has documented expertise in app development and messaging systems. The PI found articles about him building group text messaging services as a teenager.

This is what he does.

The VOIP Phone Numbers Tell The Whole Story

I received threatening anonymous text messages from two computer-generated VOIP numbers:

(212) 347-9757 — traced to New York City origin. Where Mark has extensive connections. Where his parents’ restaurant is located.

Chicago-origin VOIP — traced to Chicago area, claiming to be “Kai” the supposed digital expert Emily hired.

Here’s what makes this bulletproof: Reily Newton attended Loyola University Chicago from 2017-2019. She lived in Chicago.

Two VOIP numbers. Two different cities. Both cities correspond exactly to the two co-conspirators’ geographic connections.

These weren’t random threats from unstable exes. These were coordinated attacks from people with technical expertise using computer-generated communications to avoid detection.

Enter Reily Newton: The Perfect Setup

Remember how Emily claimed Reily was “stalking” her? Filing false complaints? Buying her divorce records? Posting pictures of her child online?

Here’s what the background report actually revealed:

November 2019 - September 2023: Reily worked for Mark’s company “Technesolv” as Director of Marketing and Data Analytics. For nearly four years.

January 2020 - July 2023: Reily lived with Mark at the same address in Ann Arbor. For three and a half years.

September 2023: Reily stops working for Mark’s company.

October 2023: Reily matches with me on Hinge. One month later.

October 2023 - February 2024: Emily escalates warnings that Reily is “dangerous,” “stalking her,” “filing false board complaints.”

February 2024: The threatening letter arrives from Mark’s family restaurant.

February 2024: I trace the letter to TAQ Taqueria and tell Reily about it.

Immediately after: Reily ghosts me completely. Permanently.

Let me walk you through the probability analysis:

What are the odds that:

• My therapist’s narrative about a “dangerous ex stalking her”

• Happens to be the woman I’m dating

• Who happens to have worked for and lived with a convicted identity thief

• Whose family restaurant’s address appears on a threatening letter mailed to me

• And who disappears the moment I discover this connection

This wasn’t random. This was planned.

Reily was the bait. Emily was the inside agent. Mark was the technical operator.

They worked together for nearly four years before executing this scheme.

The $9,000 Question

The February 2024 contract Emily forced me to sign had one very specific provision:

Payments must be “no more than $9,000.”

Why $9,000? Why that exact number?

Because $10,000 or more triggers mandatory IRS reporting requirements. Banks have to file Currency Transaction Reports for anything over $10K.

This is called structuring. It’s a federal crime.

If Emily was acting alone and legitimately spending money on “reputation management,” why would she care about IRS reporting thresholds?

She wouldn’t.

But if she was distributing money to co-conspirators, she would need to avoid creating a paper trail.

This provision proves criminal sophistication and coordination.

Where Did $126,000 Go?

Between April and June 2024, I paid Emily $126,000.

Bank records show Zelle transfers every 3-4 days. A check for $5,222.86 on June 27, 2024. 401k withdrawals with penalties. Investment accounts liquidated.

Emily’s current bank balance (as of March 2025): $371.

No other bank accounts found. No brokerage accounts. No 401k. No investments.

Where did $126,000 go in less than a year?

She gave it to her co-conspirators. Or they structured it from the beginning to split it and avoid detection.

When someone receives over $100,000 and ends up with $371, they didn’t spend it on themselves. They distributed it.

The “Research License” That Doesn’t Exist

Emily claimed I caused her to lose her “psychology research license.” This was the foundation of her entire narrative — that Reily and Mark got her license revoked because I dated Reily, and now they were coming after both of us.

The PI contacted Michigan LARA directly.

There is no such thing as a “psychology research license” in Michigan. It doesn’t exist. Never existed.

The only research-type license available is for researching marijuana. To conduct research in psychology, you only need a full psychology license.

Emily fabricated this entire story.

She used it to justify $126,000 in “protection” payments. She used it to isolate me from everyone I knew. She used it to terrify me into compliance.

It was a complete lie.

She Got Fired (And Turned Herself In)

Here’s something I didn’t know when I published the first article:

Emily Davis was fired from Great Lakes Psychology Group.

According to the PI report, she turned herself in, stating that she had a personal relationship with a client.

This happened while she was extorting me.

She knew she’d crossed the line. She knew she’d violated professional ethics. She told her employer. They fired her.

And she kept going. Kept taking money. Kept threatening me. Kept sending anonymous messages from burner email accounts.

Even after losing her job over this exact behavior.

The Confession Email

On August 11, 2024 — two days after I won my FINRA arbitration case — Emily sent me an email.

She thought she still had leverage. She thought I’d stay quiet.

In that email, she admitted:

“To clarify — nothing is held, saved, stored, etc. related to any government agency.”

Read that again.

Every threat about filing complaints with FINRA. Every claim about having evidence stored with “representatives.” Every warning about what would happen if I didn’t comply.

All of it was fake.

She also wrote: “I acknowledge that one time, 6 months ago now, I made one threatening comment.”

One threatening comment. Over six months of systematically terrorizing me, and she admits to “one” threat.

She described her behavior as “insanity” and claimed to have “deleted all materials” and “ended contracts with third parties.”

There were no third parties. There was no reputation management firm. “Kai” was a VOIP number from Chicago — Reily’s territory.

The whole thing was theater. Manufactured crisis. Coordinated psychological warfare designed to extract maximum money before I figured it out.

Why This Matters More Than You Think

When I published the story at first, people asked: “How could a therapist do this?”

Wrong question.

The question is: How could a criminal enterprise use a therapist’s access to execute this?

Emily had something no ordinary scammer has — five years of my documented vulnerabilities. My ADHD evaluation. My PTSD triggers. My addiction history. My childhood sexual abuse. Every fear. Every insecurity. Every button to push.

That’s not delusion. That’s a weaponization manual.

Mark brought the technical expertise: computer-generated messages, VOIP numbers, bulk mailing capabilities, identity theft skills he’d already been convicted of using.

Reily brought the bait: nearly four years of working for Mark in data analytics and marketing, intimate knowledge of his methods, and the perfect cover story — a woman I was dating who Emily could paint as “dangerous.”

Together, they executed a scheme sophisticated enough to include:

• IRS-avoidance payment structuring

• Computer-generated communications from multiple cities

• Coordinated timing between manufactured threats and payment demands

• Professional-looking contracts with legal language

• A fake tech expert (”Kai”) to justify ongoing expenses

• Burner email accounts (SMLK0307@proton.me, craving_dodgy0K@icloud.com, julep_preppy0J@icloud.com)

This wasn’t amateur hour. This was organized crime.

She’s Still Practicing

Let me be crystal clear about something:

Emily Ann Davis, LLP (License #6361005093) is currently practicing at Crossings Counseling in Troy, Michigan.

She has not been charged. Her license has not been suspended. She sees patients.

I filed a complaint with LARA on March 9, 2025. Provided bank records. Contracts. Text messages. Private investigator reports. Her confession email.

She’s still seeing patients.

Because regulatory agencies move slowly. Because investigations take time. Because the system protects professionals first and victims second.

Right now, someone is sitting across from Emily Davis pouring out their deepest traumas, fears, and vulnerabilities.

And she’s taking notes.

What I Know Now

When I wrote Part 1, I thought this was a story about a therapist who’d lost touch with reality.

Now I know it’s a story about organized criminal activity that weaponizes therapy.

The evidence isn’t circumstantial anymore. It’s physical:

• A threatening letter from a convicted felon’s family business

• VOIP numbers traced to co-conspirators’ locations

• A three-year employment and living relationship between two people who “coincidentally” became my crisis

• Payment structuring designed to avoid federal reporting

• Computer-generated bulk mail

• A confession that every threat was fake

This was planned. This was coordinated. This was criminal.

And they almost got away with it.

The only reason they didn’t? I won my FINRA case. The moment Emily lost leverage over my career, her entire scheme collapsed.

If Fidelity had won that arbitration, I’d probably still be paying her. Still isolated. Still terrified. Still believing the threats were real.

The Bigger Problem

Here’s what keeps me up at night:

If Emily did this to me, she’s done it to others.

Think about it. She worked at Great Lakes Psychology Group for years before this. She got fired for having a personal relationship with a client — meaning she’d done it before and gotten caught.

How many other clients did she exploit before someone reported her?

Mark Messmore was convicted in 2020 for identity theft against his ex-girlfriend. His probation ended in September 2022. This scheme against me started October 2023.

What did he do during that 13-month gap?

Reily Newton worked in data analytics and marketing for a convicted felon for nearly four years.

What other “marketing” did they do together?

The private investigator noted in the report: “If Great Lakes Psychology Group fired Emily for similar conduct, there may be other victims.”

There are other victims.

That’s not speculation. That’s pattern recognition.

Criminals don’t wake up one day and execute a $126,000 extortion scheme perfectly. They practice. They refine. They get better at it.

Emily didn’t lose her mind in April 2023 when I lost my job. She saw an opportunity and activated a plan she’d been developing for years.

Someone taught her this. Or she taught herself on someone else.

What Happens Next

I’ve filed the LARA complaint. I’ve retained attorneys. I’m pursuing both criminal prosecution and civil litigation.

But here’s the truth: this isn’t about getting my money back.

I’ve recovered financially since winning my FINRA case. I have a great job. I’m rebuilding my life.

This is about making sure Emily Davis, Mark Messmore, and Reily Newton face consequences.

Not just for what they did to me. For what they’ve done to others. For what they’ll do again if no one stops them.

Because predators don’t stop until they’re forced to stop.

Emily still has her license. Mark finished probation and went right back to his old tricks. Reily vanished the moment I discovered the truth.

They’re counting on the system moving too slowly. On victims being too traumatized to fight. On people assuming a licensed therapist couldn’t possibly be running a criminal operation.

They’re wrong.

I have 550+ pages of text messages. Bank records showing every payment. Both contracts. The threatening letters. The PI report. The confession email. Background reports on all three defendants. FINRA arbitration documents. Emily’s licensing information.

I have everything.

And I’m not going to stop until they’re held accountable — criminally and civilly.

Not for revenge. For protection.

Yours. Mine. Everyone who might sit across from Emily Davis next week and trust her with their trauma.

The Real Warning

If you’re reading this because you’re in therapy, here’s what I need you to understand:

Therapists are supposed to help you heal, not document your weaknesses.

If your therapist ever:

• Proposes a personal relationship after you’re vulnerable

• Claims they need money to protect you from threats

• Demands you cut off contact with people

• Uses information from your sessions to manipulate your behavior

• Creates contracts with payment terms

• Threatens to report you to professional boards or employers

• Asks you to keep your relationship secret

• Isolates you from your support system

• Makes you feel like they’re the only person who understands you

Run. Document everything. Report them immediately.

Because it’s not therapy. It’s grooming.

And what happened to me can happen to anyone who trusts the wrong person with their truth.

The Math Doesn’t Lie

I asked a statistical analyst to calculate the odds that all these “coincidences” happened by chance.

The probability: 1 in 66.7 sextillion.

You’d have to win the Powerball jackpot 228 trillion times in a row to match those odds.

Even DNA evidence (1 in 1 billion) is 66,000 times weaker than this.

This wasn’t coincidence. This was coordination.

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Update (October 2025)

The LARA complaint is under investigation. The civil case is being prepared.

Emily Davis is still practicing at Crossings Counseling in Troy, Michigan.

Mark Messmore is still free.

Reily Newton is still in hiding.

But this story isn’t over.

Not until every single person involved faces the consequences they’ve been running from.

I survived what they did to me. Now I’m making sure no one else has to.

If you’ve had similar experiences with Emily Davis, Mark Messmore, or Reily Newton — or if you’re a therapist who’s witnessed this kind of predatory behavior — contact LARA. Contact law enforcement. Contact an attorney.

Break the silence.

That’s the only way we stop them.

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— Cody Taymore

The evidence referenced in this article is in my possession and available to authorities. Where indicated, statements reflect documented communications and investigative findings.

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Resources:

• Michigan LARA Complaints: (517) 241-0199

• Postal Inspection Service (for threatening mail): 1-877-876-2455

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

• SAMHSA National Helpline (substance abuse/mental health): 1-800-662-4357

If you’re a therapist abuse survivor, know this: It’s not your fault. Predators target vulnerability — that’s what makes them predators.