Friday, February 14, 2014

The Deception of Joseph P. Larson AKA Robin Roseau AKA Julia P. Lynde AKA Rosetta Robins AKA J.P. Larson


Since the first blog about author Joseph P. Larson exposing his deception in the lesbian community was taken down due to frivolous reasons, which we feel violated our Freedom of Speech rights,  a new blog has been created and this is the result. If this blog gets taken down, then we will put up another one and will continue to do so. The lesbian community not only needs to be warned about this man, but they have a right to know about him.

Our first blog was anonymously created, which led to Joseph Larson's/Robin Roseau's supporters crying foul as if the information was fake, so we've changed that. It was anonymous because the ladies behind this blog saw how I was vilified publicly for uncovering and exposing the cheating scandal in the 2013 Rainbow Awards, which involved Robin Roseau and "her" beta reader/editor Henriette (who was a judge). Several of the women behind this blog still choose to remain anonymous while others have come forward. I will continue to protect those who wish to remain anonymous, yet reveal myself.  


Are you a reader of lesbian fiction who doesn’t mind if the author is a man, or falsely identifies himself as a lesbian to friend lesbians on Facebook as well as join lesbian only groups? If so, we should probably warn you that you won’t be interested in the rest of this blog post.

But if you’re among the many lesbians who would feel personally deceived and even violated to learn that a man is behind the persona of an author whose work you read and with whom you have an email and social media friendship, you might want to continue reading this blog.

A number of lesfic authors learned over the past few weeks that there is strong evidence that a man named Joseph P. Larson is actually behind the very opaque author profile many know as Robin Roseau.

Why does this matter? Because it appears that this man went far beyond adopting a pen name. He has pretended to be one of us. He has pretended that he is a part of our community, and his pretending took away our right and ability to support only self-identified lesbians. On several occasions he took it even further. He used his false identity as a lesbian author to have sexual relations with lesbians, engaging them in cybersex because they falsely believed they were interacting with another lesbian of whom they developed feelings for. His actions has defiled our community, he has humiliated and degraded lesbians from around the world. He has demeaned the lesbians who had considered him a friend, believing him to be one of us. This man has abused and conned the entire lesfic community.

What you will find below is the evidence that reveals Joseph P. Larsen, pictured below, is indeed the les fic author Robin Roseau.


When it was discovered that Joseph Larson was Robin Roseau, the ladies behind this blog attempted to contact Robin using the number listed as “her” contact number provided by the public DNS entry for Robin Roseau’s web site. Instead of getting Robin, Joseph Larson answered the phone, a cell phone, which is registered to him. He was told that the ladies behind the blog knew who he was, and they gave him 24 hours to come clean to those in the lesbian community about his deception. He chose not to do that, and this blog was published.  

In an attempt to further his ruse as Robin Roseau, the day after Joseph Larson was contacted by phone, Robin Roseau made a post on “her” Facebook wall stating that, “Well the guy who helps me with my web site got the strangest call this morning. I may have a stalker.” The phone call Joesph received was not from a stalker, it was from us. See the screenshot below.

 




What makes this interesting is that Robin Roseau in the VLR Yahoo Group stated that in “her” day job,  “she” is a computer programmer. Joseph P. Larson has also stated that he is a computer programmer. The question that begs an answer is why someone who is a computer programmer would need someone else to help them with their simple website. The screenshots below are posts from Robin Roseau’s FB wall and website that clearly states that “she” created the website “herself” using a simple and lovely template as well as “her” admission to being a computer programmer.


 




That brings us to Robin Roseau’s website. Below is the Public DNS information for that website.
DNS INFORMATION
Updated Date: 2013-05-11 23:24:25
Creation Date: 2013-05-12 03:24:25
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-05-12 03:24:25
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Robin Roseau
Registrant Organization: Robin Roseau Books
Registrant Street: 7248 158th St. W.
Registrant City: Apple Valley Registrant State/Province: MN
Registrant Postal Code: 55124
Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: 612-670-1837
Registrant Email: @gmail.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Robin Roseau
A search of the above address and phone number revealed that it belongs to:
Joseph Larson
(952) 236-8537
7248 158th St W, Apple Valley, MN, 55124
You could say that it’s coincidence and that at one time he may have lived in the same residence as Robin Roseau, however, a search shows a delinquent utility bill at that residence in 2013 for Joseph P. Larson. If you notice above, the phone numbers for Robin Roseau and Joseph P. Larson are different. Now look at the screenshot below. It is from the Four Season’s Dance Studio web site owned by Joseph P. Larson showing the year 2009 and note at the bottom the phone number listed for him. It is the same number given as Robin Roseau’s contact number on the DNS web site entry.



Below is an actual screenshot made of Robin Roseau's Web site DNS registery taken today 2/14/2014


What was also discovered during this investigation is that Joseph Larson has a habit of adopting female names to make lesfic readers believe that the author is a woman. In April of 2013, a couple of women on Amazon outed the person behind the les fic author Julia P. Lynde as male. (notice that they both have the initals JPL) On April 27, 2013, Julia P. Lynde disappeared from Amazon and on that same date, Robin Roseau released “her” novel.  
Not only does Joseph P. Larson create new personas, but all three of his personas are tight, as evidenced by the screenshots below from Goodreads. Not only did Joseph Larson leave 5 stars for all of Julia P. Lynde’s books, Robin Roseau also left Julia’s books all 5 stars as “she” did her own books. In addition to those reviews, Joseph Larson admits proudly to leaving bad reviews on those authors’ books such as Rachel Vincent, who also writes and competes in the same genre as Robin Roseau. What is amusing about his review of Rachel’s book is that Joseph Larson AKA Robin Roseau’s hatred toward women is quite apparent by the amount of abuse toward women, including rape, torture, Stocklholm Syndrome, etc. in his books.








The screenshot below is from Robin's FB wall where Joe Larson had created yet another female author named Rosetta Robins, which clearly shows the same cover design, font style type, layout etc., as his covers for both Robin Roseau and Julia P. Lynde.  




Now we come to the Amazon author profiles and books by Joseph Larson, Robin Roseau, and Julia P. Lynde. If you look at their profiles you will notice the vagueness and similairites of the wording and how neither author refers to themselves as being a “her” or a “she”. If you look at the covers for Julia P. Lynde and Robin Roseau, you will notice the similarities and how the same font type and design are used on both of the author’s books as if they were created by the same person. Another look at the actual 5 star reviews for both authors show a crossover by the same people, which favor heavily toward male reviewers.










To see just what Joseph P. Larson and Robin Roseau have in common, please look at the Uncanny Comparisons Page on the top, right menu tab. Also take a look at the 2013 Rainbow Award scandal involving Robin Roseau and Joe Larson. In fact, that cheating scandal is what started the entire investigation of this man.
None of the information on this blog has been doctored or faked and is all public information that came from Facebook, Amazon, Web sites, Yahoo groups, etc. and can be found by anyone looking for it. You will notice that some names, however, have been blacked out on the screenshots. That was done to protect the innocent. This blog has nothing to do with whether a male is writing lesfic or not. In fact, there are several males who write les fic but the difference is that they do not lie about who they are or engage in deceptive practices by pretending they are lesbians and a part of our community in order to sell their books. 

We have close to 100 screeshots linking all of these authors’ profiles to one man - Joseph P. Larson, but this blog is not big enough to hold all of them without making everything confusing.  
Update:  On February 10th, 2014 the Facebook account for Robin Roseau disappeared.
And if you need more proof as to how much this person has hurt the lesbian community, we suggest you go to the following blog:  http://terryslesficreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/deception-by-terry-baker.html



Since this blog was published, other blogs have surfaced in support of this man and his use of a pen name, which is irrelevant. Some have even commented on this blog. These people are misinformed and ignorant of the overall situation and the damage that he has done to many lesbians in our community.  

As usual, they have tried to take the focus off the real issue, which is typical of those who in all likelihood are guilty of doing the same thing. He did not just adopt a female pen name to sell his books, he used this fake identity to create a façade to entrench himself into our community as if he were one of us. He used that position to gain trust, to deceive and prey on lesbians of whom he abused mentally and emotionally for sexual gratification as well as other immoral behavior.

The women he took advantage of in this way, is no small number and it continues to climb. He’s been doing this for years and the trail of destruction is great. Some of these women have referred to their inability to eat, to sleep, to even be able to think. They are so humiliated, degraded, and embarrassed that they can’t even talk about it. Some are even in counseling now. I have repeatedly seen these women say the same thing; they feel as if they have been emotionally and mentally raped. The reaction in our community by some is the same as what you see when a woman is physically raped, they blame the victim. It's beyond disgusting and pathetic. In fact, it's alarming.

So the next time you want to defend this man, or criticize or berate those of us who exposed him, think about this; How would you feel if he had done this to your daughter, your sister, or even your mother. Put yourself in these women’s shoes instead of making this all about you or me.  

18 comments:

  1. Julia P Lynde also pretended to be a lesbian when I wrote to 'her' complimenting 'her' work. We began to correspond. I offered to do some editing for 'her' and 'she' began messaging me, writing a story about me and wanting to have cybersex with me. After a week or so, and after more and more of the things 'she' said did not add up - for example, not knowing the name of a popular lesbian hangout in Minneapolis - I insisted that 'she' 'fess up and tell me the truth about 'her' identity. 'She' revealed herself to be Joseph P Lynde, computer programmer - etc - as this blog describes above. He sent me the studio portrait photograph with beard and glasses. (Since he obviously uses different photos, who knows if any of them is really him.) I told him that if he didn't immediately publicly identify himself as a heterosexual man I would out him and I gave him a couple of weeks to change his profile at Amazon. When he didn't, I changed my previously favourable reviews of his books.
    I am appalled that he then continued to write using other female names, and continues to pretend to be a lesbian. For those of you who may be interested in consorting with this predator, he also told me that he has genital herpes, and that he lives with a woman who considers herself to be his partner, although he told me he would like to be out of that relationship, so be doubly warned.

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    1. My deepest sympathy for crossing paths with this online predator. I am thankful your "Womyn's Intuition" kicked in before you actually met him in person. Judging by the escalating violence against lesbians in his latest books, who knows what sick things he had planned. Goddess be with you.

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  2. I don't have a problem with men writing lesbian fiction, any more than I have a problem with women writing about men. I do, however, have a problem with men pretending to be lesbians writing lesbian fiction. Write as a man and if your work is good enough, the readers will support it. As the blog says, some of us (myself included) make an active effort to support the work of lesbians. I buy beauty products from a lesbian owned company, I often try to stay in lesbian owned hotels, I buy handcrafted items by women born women, and I support women's music festivals.... Particularly, I support lesbian writers because for too long, lesbians have had their voices silenced. Lesbians writing lesbians is a stand at taking back our own voices and for a man to pretend to be part of this historically oppressed group is more than a betrayal.... it is yet another example of a person raised with patriarchal male privilege believing he has the right to once again, usurp lesbian voices.

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  3. Bethsnewlife, I agree with you. People can write whatever they want to write, but it is my choice as to whether I want to buy it or not and I do not ever buy or even read les fic written by men and I never will. That is my preference and I choose to only support lesfic written by full-fledged lesbians. Like you, I support lesbians any and every way I can. Even my doctors are lesbians. What some people just can't seem to get through their thick heads is that this is not about whether a man wrote the books or not, it's about fraud, lies, deceit, manipulation, abuse, etc. by a person who is not only a heterosexual but a man who pretends to be a lesbian in order to run a profitable scam un-noticed, unscathed, and without real consequences for years, until now.

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    1. It's sad that when lesbians, a historically oppressed group, try to stand up and unite for each other, they are accused of being bigots against the very system that oppressed them in the first place. This is not a free speech issue. This is not about having the freedom to write whatever you want. This is, pure and simple, about someone using his power and privilege to deceive and abuse lesbian women.

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  4. This man deceived lesbians on facebook by posting he was a woman interested in women. I saw it with my own eyes and was friended by him. He also joined lesbian and women only groups. Unfortunately, many who call themselves lesbians are supporting him. Of course many of his supporters are not lesbians, but posers and afraid they are next to have their deceit exposed. One supporter who is the most vocal and thrill is trying to denigrate the REAL LESBIANS who cared enough about lesbians to expose this. This poser is a straight woman who has deleted all references to her husband. She is trying to say this is merely a man using a pen name and not owning up to the fact about the rest of his deceit. I fear he engaged a lot of lesbians into more personal interactions by posing as a female. They are probably ashamed to step forward due to the supporters of this man and his deceptions, and afraid these posers would denigrate them.

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  5. Dear Ms Denise,

    Stop it. Just freaking stop it. Sales of lesbian fiction isn't a zero sum game. You don't have to kill somebody else's reputation, career and sales in order to increase yours. How can you write love stories when you are so full of hate?

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  6. Gordon Clason, why am I not surprised that you are defending this man. Birds of a feather flock together. This man posed as a woman to befriend other women and get into all female groups. He hurt a lot of women. Of course, in your mind women, especially lesbians, are part of your pervy little fantasy world to be degraded and humiliated. This is proven by your reviews on Amazon.

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  7. So you are claiming that I posed as a woman to befriend other women and get into female groups? Is that what "birds of a feather" means? Which reviews on Amazon prove that I want lesbians degraded and humiliated? Are you just saying that to be nasty or do you have some specific review in mind?

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  8. Gordon, taking up for RR proves that you have no feelings at all for his victims. I know some of the women he betrayed. They feel betrayed, humiliated, and angry. Birds of a feather flock together in that you think him posing as a woman and gaining the trust of other women is okay in your book. I wonder how many times you posed as a lesbian to get into lesbian chat groups?
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  9. just curious as to why, after all this time Gordon now feels the need to come to Joe/Robin's defense. What's the matter, isn't he getting any more attention so his band of merry nits have to dredge this all up again? Hasn't he hurt enough people, or is that what gets some people off? No one has EVER said that using a pen name was wrong. What was wrong, was the deception that went along with his name. If you are a man who wants to write lesbian fiction, by all means go for it, but don't tell everyone that you are a lesbian. Some will read a book by a man, some will not, but let that be our decision to make, not yours.

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  10. One of Robin's fans who emailed him once got a reply signed 'Joe'. This is mentioned in a review on Amazon.com of Robin's latest book, Blood Slave.

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  11. *sigh* he's published another book. I guess this time around it's too lucrative a scam to let go. Sad, really.

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  12. I am a male who writes lesbian romance books under my own name. There is no erotica in my writings, to me it is all about the people, emotion, and love.

    This revelation here is sickening and shocking and his actions are damaging more than his own reputation. This just makes it that much harder for those of us who are portraying ourselves honestly and openly to the community to have any credibility as authors.

    I guess it also explains a lot, since this man trashed one of my books in a review after I left a three star review on one of "Robin Roseau"s books because I thought it was a terrible example of Stockholm Syndrome and I didn't see any love in it. I was trying to be nice with the 3 stars, but now that this has come to light, I just changed the review to 1 star that it really deserved.

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  13. Erik, thank you for posting on the blog. My respect meter for you has just gone up ten-fold and I tip my hat off to you. You are correct, it is men like Joe Larson who does make it hard on authors like you who are stand-up and honest about who you are. If I'm not mistaken, I think the one screenshot from Larson's FB wall that we posted on this blog where he talks about giving another male author's book a bad review, was in reference to you and your book. He has a verifiable track record of trashing any author that competes against his books. It just shows what type of character this man is. He respects no one and his actions clearly confirm this.

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  14. I've been sitting here for awhile now, deciding on whether or not I should comment on this, and I feel I must. I feel....sick to my stomach, yeah, that's the best way to describe how I feel about helping a predator continue hunting for victims. And that's just what I've done by buying Robin's(AKA JP Larson's) books.

    There is a BIG difference between writing under a pen name, and preying on a community of people to get your thrills.

    We trust authors to take us to worlds where we can feel safe, where we can escape the real world and all its problems. That trust has been violated by Robin/Joe, and that makes the sick feeling I have even worse.

    There is more I can say, but I feel that the authors who made this blog and support it, Trin, Erik(Authors I both have placed my trust in numerous times and never even felt the slightest waiver of that trust, unlike with Robin/Julia/Joe, where there seemed to be something that didn't feel right sometimes, more so in these later books published under the Robin persona) have said a lot of what most feel. Thank you Trin, for bringing these things to light, I don't like believing in a lie, what Robin Roseau apparently is.

    And yes, I am a guy, and yes I love to read stories about strong women. Lesbian fiction/Lesbian Romance just has a far greater abundance of those types of stories than most other genres.

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  15. Thank you for the information. I am a married bisexual woman myself, but I love lesbian fiction, especially science fiction and paranormal fiction. So it is such a shame that a particular sub genre I enjoy (werewolves) has been tainted by such a fraud. I purhashed the fox run series before this exposure, and looking back they were not very good, certainly not worth the money. And look on Facebook....FB removed all content from "Robin Roseau". I wonder if he, the author, realizes he commited computer fraud by portraying himself as something he clearly isnt for money last time I checked that is a federal offense

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  16. ....... Just wow... Glad I googled "her" before reading anything.. Just plain.. wow..
    Thank you so much for this, there really is just to many idiots out there, and I refuse to support them.

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