Basic washout takes Stolen valor to the next level.
First I would like you to met Melanie Evalena Gutermuth.
She claims of being in the Army for four years before moving on to College. Except that was a lie. She never even made it out of basic. But that has not stopped her from wearing the Uniform to events.
But it does not stop there. She has made people believe that she was a military widow. Has lied to combat injured Veterans about being a Veteran.
She has been a speaker on student veteran issues on colleges. She says again that she was in the military for four years. What she means is that she was in four Companies at Basic before they discharged her.
Oh and she tired to get into ROTC and was removed from the program after not passing a PT test after a year. Oh and in the video were she talks about having some challenges, being banned from TSU is the main one.
Summer 2007, Gutermuth began making complaints to the cadre stating that she thought she was unfairly removed. She had nearly every excuse in the book as to why her performance during the last year was so bad. It included everything from her broken finger, to her classmates all conspiring against her to have her removed, an apparent pregnancy which ended in a supposed miscarriage, and trouble at home with a spouse whom none of us had ever heard of before this point. Her correspondence with the cadre showed increasing signs of delusional thoughts and rational. Eventually, she was permanently banned from the ROTC building due to the cadre’s fear of an incident if she be allowed to return. Not long after this in the fall of 2007, word was received that she was also banned from the Texas State University campus for posing a danger to herself or others.
Oh did I forget that she is disabled?
But some of the discrimination is overt. Melanie Gutermuth, a disabled veteran and graduate student from Hanover, Md., travels with a service dog. “Most of the time, this is not a problem,” she said. “However, in recent months, that’s changed. People will say, ‘You look normal to me,’ because I’m not in a wheelchair or blind. Consequently, I have been excluded from some services, and charged pet fees for others.”
It seems that people suspected but not to the level that it has gone.
A real classy one this is.
UPDATE Sporkmaster: Guess who got arrested recently. Looks like she was arrested for trespassing after being warned.
May 15th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
I wonder if her background would qualify under “stolen valor” since she has obviously gained from her fake stories?
May 15th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Yeah, but she is kind of cute though…….
May 15th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Disabled vet…that’s rich.
I guess I’d be disabled too if I spent the better part of a decade doing basic training over and over and over. That can be rough on the body.
I knew losers like this chick.
And you really thinks she’s cute? Huh? She doesn’t do anything for me.
May 15th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Eh, PO Squidward’s right. She’s cute. She’s no Sponge Bob though.
May 15th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Nice research Spork.
With that hair line and huge forhead, I thought she looked like the Brain, from “Pinky and the Brain”. Though definitely no genius, she’s certainly not hideous. I’d give her a four or five. She’s the crazy chick you might lay but never marry.
Sporkmaster: This was not mine this time, just a re-posted stuff already turned in None of it from me though.
May 15th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Here she lies to the Military Officers’ Association about getting shabby treatment at the VA.
http://www.moaa.org/usergroup_emember/usergroup_emember_health/usergroup_emember_health_vaforwomen.htm
May 15th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
WTF is “military sexual trauma”?
May 15th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Here is all the info that POWNETWORK has on her.
May 15th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) is a term used in the VA system.
From the VA website:
The definition of MST used by the VA is given by U.S. Code (1720D of Title 38). It is “psychological trauma, which in the judgment of a VA mental health professional, resulted from a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment which occurred while the Veteran was serving on active duty or active duty for training.” Sexual harassment is further defined as “repeated, unsolicited verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature which is threatening in character.”
More info here.
Although there is a higher prevalence rate of MST in female veterans, there are pretty similar numbers of male and female veterans who have experienced MST.
May 16th, 2011 at 12:42 am
All that means is; she wasn’t worth a crap…In bed or out.
May 16th, 2011 at 6:49 am
I see Corporal or Sergeant stripes on the uniform. At least she’s not pretending to be an officer.
(faint praise /snark off)
May 16th, 2011 at 8:18 am
WTF is “military sexual trauma”?
The realization that you aren’t worth a fuck as a soldier?
June 28th, 2011 at 8:02 am
I was in ROTC with her at Texas State University. Her story was falling apart after one semester there and the ROTC BN Commander worked pretty hard to gather evidence that resulted in her getting banned from the Texas VFW.
Our ROTC class members keep each other updated on her most recent craziness. It’s amusing when it’s not infuriating.
September 21st, 2011 at 10:40 pm
I was the one that compiled the list of stuff on Gutermuth from everything that we all knew and had my fair share of having to deal with her. If you have any questions about her or want to know just how far her BS goes, just let me know.
October 27th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
http://www.arrestcentral.com/melanie-evalena-gutermuth/
November 10th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
She lived with me for a few months claiming she was a disabled vet, left in the middle of the night, I fell for it all, What a horrible person to take take take from people who just wanted to help..
December 8th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Melanie Marshall is who she pretended to be when she came to our organization looking for help. Anyone who knows her know that everything she says “The thing is…,” it’s another lie. She told us she had a child and the baby daddy was a supervisor in the jail in Athens, Texas, but that she gave the baby to a “nice couple” to raise. The story grew and grew and the lies were outrageous. It took months and months to get rid of her. She was put in jail again and began calling us – of course collect – to tell more lies. It was costing us a small fortune.
Never in all my years of working with victims, have I ever seen anyone as pathological as Melanie Gutermuth Marshall, etc… It is shocking to see just how ill she still is. She can suck the life right out of you from all the drama and trauma she invents.
The comment above by “Taken” says it all.
December 12th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Avocate, and all others that have been taken by Melaine, I understand that she has been arrested in Florida but I am sure that she has since been released. If you ever want to talk or share stories about her please give me a call at 202-550-2421, I really would like to find a truth in the lies she told or if there is a truth at all. just who is she and how can a person be so low, she has even been to the white house representing herself as Melanie Gutermuth a disabled vet, I have a picture of her with the First Lady, how did that slip by security, ?
January 13th, 2012 at 12:16 am
I know of her, and that she has been officially diagnosed with mental illness.
January 13th, 2012 at 12:17 am
Perhaps that might explain some of the outrageous claims and behavior.
January 13th, 2012 at 1:27 am
Ok, this gal is mentally ill. She needs help and hopefully she’ll get it.
I can get my little Jarhead brain around the concept of the others having low self esteem, ego issues, etc. What I can’t get my atrophied Marine mind around is how can they think they can fool the ‘real deal’? Don’t they have sense enough to do a little homework? Then, why do they continue to argue once they’ve been busted? Unforkin’ believable!
January 18th, 2012 at 11:14 am
I spent alot of time with her and I really do not believe that she is mentally ill, I think that she uses that as an excuse when she gets caught in her lies and then claims mental problems. She is just a taker, and all around bad person.
January 18th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
While Mugshots are not the easiest on one’s looks, this shot shows her as she really is- mousey wench.
January 18th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Well you know she’s angling for a job in Hollywood.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:20 am
She just comes across as frail and in real need but she in not as she appears,,, she is dishonest and just a horrible person all around
January 20th, 2012 at 1:43 am
Well, it has been 3 months since she last appeared on the radar. I’d say within the next 3 months or less, we should be expecting another appearance from her in some form or fashion.
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:32 pm
I think she was in jail for the last three months, I think, anyway..
February 9th, 2012 at 12:15 am
Go to this website…you will find pics of her from 2010 when I had the “pleasure” of meeting her. http://www.americanwidowproject.org Click “who we are” then “photo gallery”. She is under the photos named “The 2nd annual Kangaroo golf tournament and skydive 2010…this is where she was pretending to be the fiance of a soldier KIA. Un-freaking-believable!
From Sporkmaster: POW.networkis tracking the photos on the website as well.
February 16th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
she still has a warrant out for her arrest in Texas,
http://www.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/cityhall/court/Docs/warrants1995to2012_0210.pdf
in San Marcos texas
February 17th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I’d have to see the warrant to know for sure, but more than likely, unless she is stopped in Hays County or the nearby counties, they will not extradite her for it. That is of course assuming it is for the same things as before, which I believe were Class B misdemeanors.
February 17th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
She’s in some fine-looking company.
Her mug shot makes her look like she has pointed ears. Scotty needs to beam her up…
February 27th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Popped up on the radar again…
http://www.jailbase.com/en/arrested/fl-pcso/2012-02-24/melanie-evalena-gutermuth-1491234
February 27th, 2012 at 11:53 pm
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000845814874#!/profile.php?id=100000845814874&sk=photos
There’s her facebook. Doesn’t provide much information though.
February 28th, 2012 at 12:04 am
Thanks Mr. Lilyea,
I so love reading about these clowns
February 28th, 2012 at 9:08 am
Joshua, what is her new facebook name, I could not open the link you provided.. thanks
February 29th, 2012 at 5:04 am
She’s such a phony. I see she just locked up in the Tampa area for obstruction and fighting with police.
March 22nd, 2012 at 4:40 pm
I knew Melanie at college. Man I could tell you all kinds of whoppers she would tell people about her service and other contrived hardships. I’m glad to see she was recently arrested again. The POWNETWORK website someone linked to earlier does does a great job keeping up with her treachery. I’ve even contributed information to them myself.
Anyhow, here are a few other sites to check out to see what ol’ Melanie is up to:
Her blog – http://www.destinydeferred.com/
Her twitter page – https://twitter.com/?iid=am-91760041513291781073367149&nid=23+recipient&uid=395607643&utm_content=profile#!/destinydeferred
Or if its easier her twitter handle is @destinydeffered
I’m glad there are sites like this that expose frauds and those who crap on the sacrifice made by real veterans.
Oh by the way, for those of you who say you find her attractive, you really need to see how big the forehead is in person.
April 2nd, 2012 at 11:12 am
I’m glad other people are helping to keep tabs on her now. Being away from home and with less than steller Internet service, I am not able to do it as much anymore.
I read through some of her blog, and even back in 2008, she was making entries referencing her phony marriage, her phony service, her phony pregnancy, and well, you get the idea. I particularly love this excerpt from 2008:
“All my life, I’ve been an overachiever – reading at the age of two, school honor rolls, a multi-sport competitive athlete – what so many people thought of to be a whiz kid. Nearing the end of high school, as we all do, I sat down and looked at myself and the direction I wanted to go. Leaving my rural hometown bound for the big city, I soon joined the military and traveled around before landing back home, facing the same decision. Where am I going with my life?”
Oh, also for some sad news. One of the founders and president of the POWnetwork, Chuck Shantag, recently past away, leaving behind his wife, Mary. She has vowed to continue the website, though updates may come a little more slowly until she is fully up and running on her own. If anyone would like to send a donation to the family, you can go to:
http://www.indiegogo.com/chuckschantagmemorialfund
The things she and her husband have done to combat phonies over many years has been nothing short of remarkable and they have helped me expose many more phonies other than Gutermuth. Chuck Shantag will be missed by many and his loss is felt by those that never even knew him.
April 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 am
taken,
I haven’t been able to check in a bit, but last I knew, she was using the name Melanie Dances on Facebook. It used to be Melanie Gutermuth, then Melanie Moves, then Melanie Shakes, then Melanie Dances. Anyone else noticing a trend here?
May 18th, 2012 at 12:14 am
(other person on FB) Tricare’s cool. Though they have some crap rules.
2 hours ago · Like
Melanie Goes You gotta be active, retired, or dependent. I’m not any of those anymore.
May 25th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Thank you very much for bringing this all to light. She has been handled for agg aslt/ps in Tx., trust me i know. She also is not above a little bit of stalking your kids if she can’t get your attention. so thank you very much.
June 17th, 2012 at 12:09 am
Wow she is a sociopath that is in need of serious treatment and committment
June 17th, 2012 at 12:43 am
holy bringing back threads from the past, batman!
June 19th, 2012 at 12:49 am
ehh she would be a deployment 7 at best, stateside 1
July 9th, 2012 at 8:13 am
[...] Burrel 6 Fermijon “Maggots and Rice” Marrero v. 11 David “Toys and Total asshats” Lebrun 7 Melanie Evalena “Meth made me ugly” Gutermuth v. 10 Angel “Snagletoothed Douchasaurus” Ocasio 2 Ron “Gunny Driveway” Mailahn v. 15 [...]
July 9th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I can’t believe I’ve met her, she used to frequent the DFW USO
July 15th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Yet another glamour shot, this one from quite a while back. Looks like she spent several days in the slammer…
http://siterunning.info/booking/118984/Melanie-Gutermuth
July 17th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Ha! I missed this one. My little brother lives in that area, I’ll have to get him to date her. That will teach her lying ass.
July 18th, 2012 at 11:27 am
[...] Melanie Evalena “Meth made me ugly” Gutermuth (L) v. 10 Angel “Snagletoothed Douchasaurus” Ocasio [...]
July 29th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
This just annoys the living hell out of me, I am sorry if I am venting but I can’t help it, how do people get away with this?? And sorry for not being up on the news I can currently deployed but what is this I hear that they are doing away with the Stolen Valor Act?? Is this for real or is this a rumor?? This girl was a BCT washout and she has been going around talking to wounded combat vets about stuff she hasn’t a clue …recommendation can just package all of the POGs up and send them to RC-S in Afghanistan and have them be roadside bomb detectors? Sorry but this really chaps my hide
July 29th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
JNez. You heard right. The Stolen Valor Act was found to be unconstitutional in its current form due to being too broad. Currently, there are several lawmakers who are attempting to revise it to be a little more specific.
And yes, not only has M.E.G. been going around talking to wounded vets, she is pretending to be one, as well as a war widow. She washed out of BCT after 4 months and then pretended to be an E-5. She also got herself elected to be president of a group at her school that focuses on helping students with mental health problems. Ironically, her focus was on helping student veterans who have mental health issues.
July 29th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
I am suprised she is not part of IVAW.
July 30th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Facebook Melanie Willbegreat
August 6th, 2012 at 10:55 am
Green Thumb. Actually she is. Her profile on there is now deleted, but I have a screen shot of it. She went under the name “MelanieGTX”.
August 6th, 2012 at 11:11 am
Also, the pownetwork.org has started up a spinoff site specifically for these phonies. The old links that many of you use and the ones on this site are now broken. The new site is http://www.fakewarriors.org.
The link to Gutermuth’s stuff is: http://www.fakewarriors.org/phonies/phonies723.htm
I also submitted a little photo timeline of her mugshots. Take a look!
August 8th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
couldn’t graduate from FLW? really? that place has like the easiest grad rate anywhere. but eh, she mustve been too busy with her weekend passes, hour post passes, laptop allowed, mp3 player allowed, generally all electronics allowed privs that she didn’t train.
September 2nd, 2012 at 1:05 am
She was just a dirt bag in training, her reason for separation, “Entry Level Performance and Conduct” is reserved for those who simply do not pack the gear to serve. They consistently fail at training events or refuse to obey orders. The kicker is that if she had a medical or mental condition that existed prior to enlistment or came about due to training she would have gotten an EPTE (Existed prior to Enlistment) Erroneous ( She had a pre-existing condition that had never been diagnosed) Fraudulent ( She covered up a medical condition or lied about her education, criminal record or other qualifications) or she would have gotten a medical discharge… complete with VA benefits if she had sustained an injury or condition during training. She spent 17 weeks in training,, probably was set back at least once,,, then they gave her the boot. Shes just another pathetic nutcase trying to panhandle and use the system and people to cater to her by claiming veteran status.
September 10th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I’m curious. Did anyone catch the point made earlier that she has a dog assigned to her. Isn’t that something you have to petition to the VA for? Clearly she is bonkers, and sadly the dog (if a true story) is likely being neglected or given away by now when there are legitimate veteran’s who need an assisting K-9.
September 10th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
I know her personally and just found this website by accident. I am astonished. This is not the girl I thought I knew. She just bought a house. I wonder where the finances came from. How can you stop her from using VA services? Is she eligible?
September 14th, 2012 at 10:57 am
The dog died after being left in her car in the hot sun… that is sad…
September 14th, 2012 at 10:58 am
and No she is not eligible for a VA loan, just know that EVERYTHING that comes out of her mouth is a lie…
September 14th, 2012 at 11:14 am
If the dog died of heat exhaustion because she left it in the car in the sun, and she’s still in Texas, they have very strict animal cruelty laws down there. Someone should have reported her, if that has not already happened.
September 17th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
nope this was in VA when it happened,,, and I do not know if those rules apply here
September 17th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Melanie, I dub thee….”Guttermouth”, because with a name like that (and more importantly with a history like hers), how could you not?
September 28th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Anonymous post #59. You say you know her personally? Is there any way I can contact you or leave contact information for you to get ahold of me? I am very interested to talk to you and hear your story.
October 4th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
I am #59 you can email me at doejane916@gmail.com
October 15th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
She goes by Melanie Going now. We’re friends and I am blown away. Apparently I don’t know her at all…
October 15th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I suppose Going is a better surname…
October 15th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
https://www.facebook.com/melanie.going.3?fref=ts
October 16th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
what are her lies now, I see that there is a photo with a little one, is that her child now… what is her story and is she in texas still?
October 20th, 2012 at 2:28 am
Wow #67, are you the same person as #59? If so, do you have some kind of contact information like a freemailer or anything I could contact you at? I would like to hear what you have to say about her.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
No she’s not claiming to be a mother, and she lives in Florida now. She’s basically just a hypochondriac now.
Sadly 71, no I’m not #59 & feel free to e-mail me at organa232@gmail.com although I don’t check it frequently.
February 22nd, 2013 at 5:41 pm
OH. NO. I met this woman on the AWP (American Widow Project) trip near Fort Bragg. She claimed to be the widow of, I believe, someone in the Army or Air Force. She completely threw herself into the roll of grieving spouse and participated in conversations that we widows had to bond and cope (sick, sick woman) There is no way that she is physically disabled. We were going sky diving as part of the trip and she suited up like the rest of us. It’s funny though, she started freaking out about getting in the plane and had a little meltdown and I offered some kind of words of comfort and she snapped back at me. I remember I went over to the other widows and said, “There is something wrong with that woman.” As widows we see a lot of grieving behavior but their was something very off and wrong about this lady. Later, I looked at her FB page (we all added each other from the trip) and she had ONE picture of her and her “HERO.” And it looked like they were work associates (no contact and no feeling of anything other than “we are having our picture taken”) I can tell you that, as a widow, I have every single photo of my husband- from baby to hours before his death in Iraq, posted on my FB page…and reposted. There is a special place in Hell for a woman who would pretend her husband died. Even if it’s a fake husband.
March 3rd, 2013 at 4:51 pm
SemperWidow, it’s exactly what you speak of that infuriates me about Gutermouth. She duped us all, but worst of all was her claiming to be a Gold Star Widow and STEALING resources of the AWP that could have been bestowed upon a true widow.
March 4th, 2013 at 9:37 am
I agree with Johannes I saw here at a Nationals Game when she lived up here in DC and working at the Wounded Warrior booth, she got free passes to the game and other perks from all her lies, I really do hope there is a special place in hell for people like her…
April 19th, 2013 at 4:32 pm
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