The REAL Story behind HER Story
The three SECTIONS below are the most CRITICAL, because they outline in complete detail Tianna Bartoletta’s FABRICATED LIES.
2017
January
- Training camp would be with Rana Reider in Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Millrose Games, New York City
- At the Press Conference TiannaTianna CONTINUALLY gives credit and praises John even after 5 years
- At the Press Conference TiannaTianna CONTINUALLY gives credit and praises John even after 5 years
- TIANNA IS ASKED A QUESTION AND IS QUOTED: “Then I met my husband, changed coaches, all in the same year, it completely revitalized my life. I made a holistic change, changed the way I lived, change the way I trained and It really just manifested itself on the track, and so yes, a lot of time went by but you are literally seeing a new happier version of Tianna and that’s how I was able to make things the longevity
Ian Brooks then asks: “So marriage is the answer.”
Tianna replies: “For me… YES” - Tianna left the Millrose Games in New York and flew back to Stellenbosch, South Africa
- John went back to Tampa
- JUST 18 DAYS LATER, on February 28, 2017, Tianna called John to tell him that she was in love with Charles Ryan
- Even the Commentator from the Press Conference was shocked to hear Tianna left her marriage only three months later
Tianna CALLED Tuesday, February 28 from Arnhem, Netherlands to tell John…
- “I have something to tell you. Out of respect to you, and for what you have done for me, I need to tell you, that I think I’m in love with a boy I met in college”
- John responded calmly and said “Ok, thank you for being honest. I think you should fly home as soon as possible, so we can put a gameplan together and unwind this properly without any distractions. We both have respected careers, I think this should be dealt with in private.”
- Tianna responded with, “I agree can you, can you fly me home tomorrow, and when I land, can you get us an appointment with Dr. April Jackson-James right away to discuss details and put together a plan.”
- First meeting with Dr. April Jackson-James was the next day on March 3, 2017 See Deposition Transcripts
- Discussion: “I think I’m in love with a boy I met in college and I think I want to give it a try. Can you give us advice on how to unwind the marriage over the next few months so we can get through the World Championships in August with the least amount of distractions?”
- Multiple meeting with Dr. April Jackson-James
- Agreement between Tianna and her husband: They were to unwind the relationship over the next several months, with as little distraction as possible, and finalize it in September after the World Championships in London in August
- Tianna stated that she was completely comfortable continuing to live together with her husband, as she traveled and continued to compete
- without John traveling with her but with three exceptions
- However, Tianna wanted her husband to only attend three major meets going forward
- She said the reason was, “I compete much better with him, and I need his support at these major meets”. The agreed upon meets were:
- Nike Pre-Fontaine Classic
- USATF National Championships
- World Championships in London, August
- There was also an agreement on the split of certain income during the “unwinding” period
- The agreement was, that in September they would file for a quick divorce because it was only a one-year marriage, and go their separate way’s as friends
- BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED
- Tianna said that she thought she was in love Charles “Chucky” Ryan. Together they had a much different plan
- During the negotiations with Dr. April Jackson-James, Tianna and Charles Ryan (the boy she said she was in love with) were plotting something very devious
- They were planning a dramatic Big Escape for May 1, 2017
- During that time, they were opening a new business together called Team TB, LLC, which was incorporated on March 3, 2017
- Which was the same day she first met with Dr. April Jackson-James
- Tianna claimed she didn’t have an address and claimed she was homeless, an ABSOLUTE FABRICATED LIE
- Tianna used Charles Ryan’s address for the new company on March 3, 2017 and moved in with him the night of the day she ESCAPED from Tampa May 1, 2017
- 2600 VAUGHN LAKES BLVD. APT. 1227, MONTGOMERY, AL, 36117
- During that time, the stress of the dishonesty must have been getting to Charles, because Tianna needed to send him a gift.
- The gift was a massage for Charles Ryan, paid for and sent to him, March 20, 2017 (before Tianna left the marriage)
- To disguise it, they used one of several Charles Ryan’s alias(s) aka John Preston
- The FACTS of the transaction are here Massage Gift Certificate
- Chucky and Tianna were also secretly creating their strategy of when they could be together, and how they would present it to her social followers and friends. The following documents are the start of the FALSE narrative that Tianna and Charles Ryan begins to tell.
- This NARRATIVE will serve as the FOUNDATION for ALL, writings, BLOGS, social media posts, and interviews going forward, as to why she left her marriage. See Deposition Transcripts
- There were HUNDREDS of them
- It started early in the first two weeks of May. Three times TOGETHER, they craftily created and edited a document that eventually became a BLOG called “Note to Self” published by Tianna on July 31, 2017
- Each version had specific wording that was used to CREATE and TEST the believability of their FABRICATED narrative
- Version One Note2Self described:
- Relationship with Mother as “souring”
- Fights with husband as “physical fights”
- Tianna “tried to kill herself”
- She met “Charles Ryan”, the “boy she will never forget”
- Version Two 2YoungTee described:
- Relationship with Mother NOW as a “simmering pot of pain”
- Tianna admits having “intense anger and pain that caused her to “cut” herself” (arms)
- Fights with husband were NOW “nasty sometimes physical fights”
- Tianna REPEATS “tried to kill herself” See Deposition Transcripts
- Charles Ryan is now labeled the “new guy”, the “boy she will never forget”
- Version Three BLOG Note to Self described:
- Relationship with Mother is “down the drain” and she “cut her off as much as possible”
- She said this because “she didn’t do something I wanted her to do”
- Tianna admits having “intense anger and pain that caused her to “cut” herself” (arms)
- Fights with husband ARE NOW REDUCED to “nasty volatile fights” but NOT PHYSICAL See Deposition Transcripts
- Tianna “tried” to kill herself because nobody needs her or loves her
- Charles Ryan CONTINUES to be labeled the “new guy”, the boy she will never forget
- Tianna and Charles Ryan had to be careful, so that the general public doesn’t suspect that Tianna left her marriage for another man. But that’s exactly what happened
- Tianna admits under oath in her deposition that she was in a ‘Romantic Relationship” with Charles Ryan. Once in college and again now.
- Note: These documents exhibit and show characteristics of:
- Pathological Lying
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bi-Polar Personality Disorder
- The basis of their Fabricated Narrative needed to be ABUSE, even though Tianna was not able to PROVE it, JUSTIFY it or SUBSTANTIATE it, because she had ZERO evidence to prove it. No texts, recordings, video, pictures, 911 calls or witnesses. Not one shred of evidence, only her word. Which in itself is nothing.
- The only thing she has, are 3 Olympic Gold Medals, which she believes, gives her entitlement and guarantees her credibility. She also believes that she can recklessly say whatever she wants without consequences, along with, the ability to voice and express her opinion on every social topic and a platform to scream it from
- Because of this their thought was to discredit her husband by using her platform and social media to constantly write BLOGS, speak to anyone that would listen and give interviews about being in a toxic marriage that was filled with abuse.
- This is another trait of someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- She would claim to be homeless, without money and had to leave everything behind including her medals and her dogs.
- All of it was untrue, exaggerated and a complete LIE
- The other thought behind their FALSE Narrative was… John’s reputation is so important to him, that he will become angry with these relentless allegations and react by lashing out and striking back aggressively
- Which, would in itself, prove and give credibility to their allegations of abuse
- Because then, they would be able to say… “see, that’s what we have been talking about, just look how he reacts”.
- There is just one problem… it never happened.
- Which, would in itself, prove and give credibility to their allegations of abuse
- John Bartoletta HAS NOT CONTACTED Tianna at all and has made only ONE PUBLISHED STATEMENT since the day Tianna left their home on May 1, 2017
- So much for the ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
- Tianna wrote that John woke at 5:00 am and got ready to head to the office, his usual pattern. Rosa, the housekeeper who arrives at 8: 00 am everyday. That would give Tianna about two hours to finalize her escape plan undetected.
- First, she had to get her Diamond League Trophy’s, Olympic Medal’s and other items off the shelves in the living room and replace them with some pre-planned, pre-bought candle holders in a glass case that were roughly the same size shape as the Diamond League Trophy’s,
- This way, when Rosa came in, she might not detect that things were missing or that something might be out of order.
- Second, she hid John’s Passport on the third floor under a blanket inside a shelf. All part of her narrative, “I will no longer be or feel safe” narrative. She specifically told Sandy Snow, USATF Director of Internation Teams, that she “that I now have private security“. A COMPLETE LIE See Sandy Snow Email
- Third, she gathered the rest of her things, STOLE $15,000 dollars in cash, left John’s American Express Centurion “Black” Card, on the counter with a two line note and a heart on it.
- Fourth, she then said Good-Bye to HER dogs, even though they WERE NOT her dogs. See Baily’s Purchase Order
- Fifth, off to her storage unit. CubeSmart Storage at 4309 Ehrlich Road Tampa, FL 33624, Unit 4019. Gate Code: 401910*
- First, she had to get her Diamond League Trophy’s, Olympic Medal’s and other items off the shelves in the living room and replace them with some pre-planned, pre-bought candle holders in a glass case that were roughly the same size shape as the Diamond League Trophy’s,
- Tianna then went to the airport, left the car on the seventh floor in their usual spot, left 80 dollars in the cup holder for John so he could pay the fee when he would eventually retrieve the car. She mailed the key back to him in a “two day” overnight shipping.
- What Tianna FAILED TO REALIZE was, that John knew what was happening the whole time, and he went to the Airport and retrieved the car quietly an hour later
- He knew Tianna was in the airport at that exact same time, and made NO ATTEMPT to see her, why, because he knew what she and Charles were doing the whole time. DELTA Flight Information
- What Tianna FAILED TO REALIZE was, that John knew what was happening the whole time, and he went to the Airport and retrieved the car quietly an hour later
- Tianna claimed she flew to Atlanta and hid in a hotel for a week scared for her safety See Deposition Transcripts
- But she really flew THROUGH Atlanta and landed in Montgomery, Alabama, where Charles Ryan met her and moved her into his apartment
- Tianna and Charles were under the impression that nobody knew.
- John had her flight information the entire time
- Tianna had it timed perfect. John was met at his home by a Process Server, who delivered Divorce Papers that were filed by Tianna
- Tianna secretly had hired Attorney Jennie Coleman three months earlier
- What is quite remarkable is that Tianna hired her because, she had experience working with client who have “… difficult personalities, specifically narcissistic personality disorder”.
- THIS IS THE “ONE” TRUTH ACTUALLY TOLD See Deposition Transcripts
- Tianna left Tampa May 1, 2017 flew THROUGH Atlanta to Montgomery, Alabama and moved into her Boyfriend’s (Charles “Chucky” Ryan) apartment that afternoon at 2600 Vaughn Lakes Blvd. #1227 Montgomery, AL 36117.
- Tianna flew Delta Flight (# DV 66) to Atlanta then Delta Flight (# DL 5252) to Montgomery, Alabama.
- Tianna and Charles stayed at their apartment in Montgomery from May 1 thru May 4, 2017. Tianna changed and UPDATED her address, for USADA Drug Testing, to reflect her daily whereabouts
- Tianna and Chuck then departed to Huntsville, Alabama for 3 days, to attend the 2017 SWAC Track and Field Championships on May 5, 6 and 7, where Charles “Chucky” Ryan (Assistant Coach of Alabama State University) had to coach.
- Tianna was also announced to the crowd that she was in attendance.
- Tianna paid for treatment for Chucky’s athletes by hiring and paying Dr. Marco A. Belizaire, DC who attended on behalf of Tianna.
- They then drove to Atlanta and stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta together one night.
- The next day Charles drove back to Montgomery and Tianna flew to Shanghai, China.
- Hiring professional photographers in every city capturing their journey, staying in 5-star hotels, and telling their story of homelessness and abuse to anyone that would listen.
- Even though she lived with Charles in Montgomery, made $284,000 during that year, and was not in fear for her safety because she told everyone through social media where she was, and invited her fans to come to visit her
- Telling your sensational FABRICATED story when you’re a newly crowned three-time Olympic Gold Medalist would be very easy
- Nobody and not even professional journalists will question you, FACT CHECK or SUBSTANTIATE anything you say
- Everything you say must be true
- Tianna and Charles aka “Chucky” Ryan found that out and ran with it, interviewing and telling their story all the way to London
- Nobody and not even professional journalists will question you, FACT CHECK or SUBSTANTIATE anything you say
- This fed into Tianna’s confidence and narcissistic personality and accelerated her pathological lying on the way to London
- On, July 26, 2017, Tianna emailed USATF executive, Sandy Snow, Director of International Teams, just prior to the World Championships in London and said that she left her husband John because he was emotionally and physically abusive, and that, “I am no longer sure that I will be or feel safe anywhere!” See Sandy Snow Email
- She told Sandy Snow that she was staying in a private location and that she hired security
- Sandy put her in touch with Lloyd Crowe, Chief of Security, the head of USATF Security. Tianna sent Lloyd her husband’s picture and passport
- Three days later, on July 29, 2017 Sandy Snow, DID NOT do any due diligence, DID NOT fact check ANYTHING, and applied zero USATF investigative research protocol or verification process to the allegations. She simply took Tianna’s word for it (SEE THE PATTERN DEVELOPING) and notified, USATF Chief Operating Officer, Rene Washington, of the UNSUBSTANTIATED allegations.
- Rene Washington immediately filed a SafeSport complaint.
- John Bartoletta was then subjected to a formal USATF disciplinary complaint because he was Tianna’s coach.
- The complaint accused Mr. Bartoletta of non-physical behaviors. Not physical, non-physical.
- FACT. One of the allegations of non-physical behavior against Mr. Bartoletta was this, “During the 2016 Olympic Games, Mr. Bartoletta even went so far as to make comments that Ms. Bartoletta “would have won 3 medals had she not been on her period”. This is not information. Ms. Bartoletta wished to be shared publicly
- FACT. This comes from the same woman who did this interview, on August 16, 2019, titled “Tianna Bartoletta Interview: How heavy periods caused Olympic Long Jump Champion’s shock collapse”
- Tianna was defending her Championship title from 2015 as well as her Gold Medal from the Rio Olympics in 2016
- Tianna took third place, a Bronze Medal, because of a controversial final jump by Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic final jump where her paper bib scraped the sand putting her 1 centimeter behind Tianna and into 4th place
- Tianna went on to interview, with tears streaming down her face, that it was her greatest achievement ever, because she had been HOMELESS for the last three months, after escaping her toxic and abusive marriage.
- Flo Track article “Moving Forward from Her Marriage, Bartoletta Values Bronze More Than Gold”
- This article has MULTIPLE LIE’S “voiced” by Tianna the PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, and “written” by the UNSCRUPULOUS writer, Taylor Dutch, of Flo Track, who DID NOT do her due diligence, and DID NOT fact check ANYTHING. She simply took Tianna’s word for it.
- Taylor Dutch did not apply any Journalistic Ethical Standards to Tianna or this article. Tianna is a 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist which entitles her to a “pass” on VERIFICATION or SUBSTANTIATION of the FACTS.
- This allowed Tianna’s self-confidence and narcissism to explode, creating a snowball effect, which caused her to aggressively exaggerate her stories, and share them with as many media and social media sources as possible
- This also gave Tianna confidence in the fact that she would not be asked to substantiate anything she said with facts
- Tianna and Charles Ryan pre-planned everything
- Tianna was in a romantic relationship with Charles Ryan
- They were living in Montgomery, Alabama
- Tianna had plenty of money
- She made $267,349 in 2017
- Tianna did not have to escape her home
- She negotiated the unwinding with Dr April Jackson -James
- Tianna did not leave her Medals or her belonging behind
- She put them in Storage in Tampa and retrieved them that summer in a U-haul and drove to Montgomery, Alabama to her apartment with Charles Ryan
- Tianna did not fear for her safety
- Her husband never contacted her since the day she left their home
- He has released one public statement
- Tianna did not leave her dogs behind
- Here husband bought them years earlier
- Tianna was not married for five years
- She was married for one See Deposition Transcripts
- Tianna and Charles Ryan ended their year by going on vacation to Costa Rica together on December 17-24, 2017