In this letter, sent from the Cattaraugus County Jail in late October 2023, Luke Wenke attempts to negotiate an end to his legal problems — purely on his own terms.

Luke Wenke Oedipus Flex: “Men use my mom for money.”

In this letter, Luke Wenke…

• Admits he’s caught in a mess but refers to it as something that “happened to me” rather than the consequences of his own actions.

• Brags about how men supposedly chase after his mother and use her for her money.

• Gives the judge extremely shoddy and laughable investment advice, adding “I just helped you with business matters big time.”

• Falsely accuses me of trying to get him arrested by lying to the police.

• Denies being a public safety threat.

• Complains because he doesn’t think either BT (his romantic obsession, Ryan’s father) or I will “admit guilt in court” at an upcoming probation violation hearing.

  Wenke seemed pretty confident that the fellow victim and I would be present at the proceeding — most likely because his public defender had filed, AT WENKE’S REQUEST, a motion trying to force Brett, me, and another victim (Victim-1) to testify in court.

  Just like he had done in the past, Luke Wenke seemed to forget that he is the one under legal scrutiny, NOT his victims. He repeatedly mentioned how sure he was that neither BT (whom I’ve never met) nor I would plead guilty. Plead guilty to what, I don’t know. As Wenke often seems to forget, his victims are not the ones facing criminal allegations.

• Accused his probation officer of lying to him during his October 2023 arrest on for multiple probation violation charges. According to Wenke, the P.O. had instructed him to drive to Buffalo for a drug test. When Wenke arrived, he was taken into custody and remanded to the Cattaraugus County Jail.

• States that he “presumes” that another victim’s family holds ‘Luke Wenke handwriting plagiarism 101’ classes while homeschooling their children.

Luke Wenke instructs the judge to marry him and Ryan.

He also:

• Attributes his lack of a relationship (or any contact, period) with Ryan to a “forced separation”.

• Tells the judge to fly Ryan (also referred to as Benjamin) to Buffalo and marry them in handcuffs, stating, “I know you see the heartbreak that drags on and on with mine and Benjamin’s forced separation.”

• States that he didn’t see anything in his paperwork banning him from contacting Ryan’s mother (BT’s wife), despite BT having obtained a state-issued no-contact order of protection, which extends protection to immediate family/household members. (Additionally, the judge had banned Wenke from contacting the family as a condition of his probation.) At the time, Wenke was already detained for similar conduct (i.e. allegedly contacting victims), including Ryan’s family. He just wouldn’t stop, but to this day, he blames his victims for his undesirable situation.

  Nothing says “I’m a stalker” like harassing the spouse of someone who has a restraining order against you because you think you can get away with it based on a legal technicality. Luke Wenke’s own letters are arguably evidence that he acts deliberately, knowingly, and with malice. His actions require more planning and forethought than a truly incompetent person would likely be capable of, in my humble, admittedly non-expert opinion.

  In what appears to be an additional attempt to distance himself from a deliberate protective order violation, Luke Wenke feigned ignorance to the nature of BT and his wife’s relationship. He mentioned marital problems, then said “Katie can explain.”

  I’ve never met or even spoken with this family, although Luke Wenke has sent them letters signed in my name. So no, I can’t explain any “marital problems.” My heart goes out to this family and what Wenke has been putting them through for nearly five years now. Nobody deserves Wenke’s torment. But the plain and simple truth is that I don’t know them.

Luke Wenke disrespects the judge in multiple ways:

• Wenke addresses the judge by his first name, “John”, rather than “Your Honor”.

• States, TO the judge: “you don’t get to tell me I don’t know how to live and work with people around me.”

  …I’m pretty sure the judge CAN (and, in my opinion, SHOULD) tell Luke Wenke the truth about himself. He doesn’t seem to hear it often enough.

• Talks about how he researched the judge online, which is creepy in and of itself — since, at least in my opinion, Luke Wenke doesn’t typically research people out of innocent curiosity.

  In the letter, Luke Wenke mentions the judge supposedly being single and in his 50s, then assumes that it means the judge is miserable and struggled emotionally during the Covid pandemic. If the judge does have a partner, I hope and pray that this person’s name stays off Wikipedia. I think that’s probably what it would take for the people overseeing this case to care (having it happen to themselves or someone they love), but I still don’t want that for them. No one deserves the sheer anguish that Luke Wenke inflicts upon his victims.

  Wenke also reminds the judge that he didn’t mock him for being single — even though it seems like he low-key did in this letter, and despite the fact that doing so would have made Wenke a huge hypocrite, given his self-assigned incel status.

• Orders the judge to drive 1+ hours from Buffalo to Cattaraugus County and patronise family-owned businesses.

• Instructs the judge to compensate him for his so-called “wrongful” incarceration.

USA v. Luke Wenke – Doc. #86
October 25^th, 2023

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