True Crime with Kendall Rae - Dr. Love: The 18-Year-Old Who Faked Being a Doctor & Stole Thousands…

Episode Date: March 21, 2024

Malachi Love-Robinson is a con artist who committed several crimes starting at the age of 18. Though he began his fraudulent schemes posing as a doctor with a PhD, he would go on to later scam innocent people and businesses out of money. Malachi has, at times, denied wrongdoing, and in exclusive interviews shared that he is not who the media makes him out to be… yet he continues to plead guilty arrest after arrest… His evasiveness when answering any question about his “training” has led many to believe he is exactly who they think he is… a scammer, a liar, and a fraud. Playing Doctor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGryY...  Inside Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN0n6...  Donate to NCMEC through my campaign! https://give.missingkids.org/campaign...  Shop my Merch! https://kendallrae.shop This episode is sponsored by: Factor - promo code: tckr50 Huggies ZocDoc Nutrafol - promo code: KENDALLRAE Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube Twitter Instagram Facebook Mile Higher Zoo REQUESTS: General case suggestion form: https://bit.ly/32kwPly Form for people directly related/ close to the victim: https://bit.ly/3KqMZLj Discord: https://discord.com/invite/an4stY9BCN CONTACT: For Business Inquiries - [e-mail]

Hello everyone and welcome back to True Crime with Kendall Rae. So happy to have you here joining me today as we discuss another case. And if you are new, then welcome. Also so happy to have you. So today we're going to be talking about a case. Oh my God. Dude, this one is so wild. I'm honestly so surprised that it has gotten such little coverage because it's truly an

insane story. Some of it just truly doesn't even feel believable. Like, it's almost comical to me that something like this can happen. I mean, we're going to be talking about a literal teenager who faked being a doctor for quite some time. And several other things that he did as well that are just pretty mind blowing. And I know I'm laughing here, but to me it's just so ridiculous that it's almost funny, but it's really not at the end of the day. It's frustrating, it's sad, it's confusing, it's angering. It's just all the things.

So anyway, we're going to just go ahead and jump into this one because we do have a lot to go over and I just have so much to say I need to get started. Today I'm going to be telling you about Malachi Love Robinson, the teenager who pretended to be a doctor. The things I'm going to tell you about this man are absolutely astonishing. I mean not only the fact that he faked being a doctor, but really that he did it when he was so young and was able to pull it off for a decent amount of time. And you may recognize him, he is often used as a meme around the internet.

I also have several interview clips featuring Malachi that I'm going to play for you guys. And believe me when I tell you that watching them is going to make your head spin. Because Malachi is one of those people, and I know y'all know people like this in your own lives. He is able to say so much and so little all at the same time. Now, normally when I talk about cases I really like

to get as much backstory on the people we're talking about as possible. However, in this case, Malachi's background information is pretty limited. Besides his date of birth, which was May 1997, and the fact that he was homeschooled and didn't finish high school, we don't really have that much information about his early life. And this is purely just my opinion, but when I first started watching the interview clips on Malachi, there was something about him to me that was innocent and likable, which obviously after you know everything you know about him, that quickly fades away. But he seems like he's so confident in what he says that you

almost think he must be telling the truth. And I think that's kind of how he got as far with this as he did. But I do think you'll learn everything you really need to know about him by what I'm going to share with you. So let's just dive in head first. And I really mean head first because this is not my typical layout I mean, we're jumping right into things here So Malachi's story begins in West Palm Beach, Florida in January of 2015 when Malachi Love Robinson

Was just 17 years old roaming the halls of st. Mary's Medical Center and off the bat you might think Hmm, it's pretty innocent to just be roaming the halls. Well, what's not innocent is for an entire month Malachi was wandering the halls wearing a white lab coat and pretending to be a doctor. Finally, someone did figure out that he clearly wasn't supposed to be there and called the cops on him, but I'm talking about an entire month of him roaming the halls pretending to be a doctor. An entire month before someone figured it out.

For four weeks, dude, he was walking around with a St. Mary's lab coat that read anesthesiology, wearing of course a stethoscope around his neck. Which sure might make him look like the part, except for he was a teenager and honestly, he looked like a teenager I don't think I'm alone when I say that Malachi was not someone who looked Older than he was. In fact, I think he has quite a young looking face So the fact that this went unchecked for so long is just beyond me And the day that someone finally figured it out, it was because he had gone into an exam room of a pregnant woman and a doctor who was in there said, uh, excuse me, what are you doing? Because one, his jacket said anesthesiology. So like, why the fuck are you in there in the first place? Second of all, because he looks like a child. And that's what that doctor noted immediately. And I mean, he was a child.

He was 17 years old in someone's exam room pretending to be a doctor. Pretty insane and had been there for a month. I just, I can't believe it. So yeah, I can see why that doctor thought calling the cops was the right move. And it definitely was. So the police come, they handcuff him,

they bring him out to his car in handcuffs, and when they get to his car, they find another lab coat, and this one has his name on it. So he probably had that custom made, and the lengths that he went to, pretty impressive. And my question though is why? At this point in his scamming career, which gets longer, what was he trying to accomplish? Did he genuinely believe

that eventually he was going to be able to treat patients? That, you know, the doctors working at the hospital would be like, oh yeah, this guy's been here long enough and he's got the right outfit on. He's clearly a doctor. Let's just go ahead and let him treat people. And it's been reported that he would even tell people, oh yeah, I've been a doctor for years and people would just believe him. And you would think that there would have been consequences for this because why wouldn't there be? But St. Mary's ended up not pressing charges. All he really got was a slap on the wrist and they said that he never treated patients so they weren't gonna pursue charges but part of me does wonder if pressing charges would mean you know that they would have to admit some fault. I mean think about it how do you say oh yeah we're pressing charges

against this 17 year old that pretended to be a doctor in our hospital for four weeks without admitting some type of fault. I mean, how did y'all not know? And I mean, that's just a real failure of their processes. And I'm sure the fact that he was 17 and still a minor maybe had something to do with that as well. So anyway, he just gets a slap on the wrist from police and that was that. And you would think he would learn his lesson from that experience, but of course not. Malachi continued to do this

and several other illegal things as well. In September of 2015, the Florida Department of Health received an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen who told them that they knew of someone pretending to be a doctor. And this tip led to an investigation into Malachi, who at the time was working as a program director for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility called New Directions. It turns out that Malachi had been hired in June of 2015 at this treatment facility under

the belief that he had a PhD in psychology from Arizona State University. And why were they under the belief that he had a PhD? Well, because he told them that he did. Malachi actually provided a transcript and diploma to prove his credentials and unbeknownst to them, these documents were completely fabricated because of course they were. And he even lied about his age and had

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believed that he actually did have his PhD. So from June to about October ish Malachi was working at the facility and providing counseling services to patients and even participating in clinical meetings regarding patient treatment plans. And they were paying him upwards of $70,000 for a job that he had absolutely no business doing. And honestly, as wild and in a weird way humorous as it is, it's also just really scary that something like this can happen. Imagine being one of those patients who were treated by him,

got counseling from him, and then found out he was a fraud. I mean, that's just so incredibly violating. And one of the patients that he had treated said that they thought there was something Off about him, but they couldn't quite put a finger on what it was She said he was super evasive when it came to answering personal questions But it wasn't until he was called out for what he did that she could really make sense of this strange behavior And here's what's frustrating about this as so many things are in this bizarre case, Malachi, even though he was called out for this, was not held formally accountable, at least not

fully and at least not right away. When the Florida Department of Health investigated the anonymous tip, they actually sat down with Malachi himself who said that he counseled people struggling with addiction, just fully admitted something that clearly He was not supposed to do and he also said that he advised the medical doctors if a client needed medication Adjustments and again, what qualifications does he have to do this? None. He has none. Oh and Get this he also admitted that he wasn't a medical doctor and didn't go to medical school. However, he still allowed people to call him doctor because he considers himself a medical doctor and just allows people to refer to him as that because he got his PhD. Keep in mind though that the PhD he

claimed to have didn't have anything to do with medicine. And not psychology, not anything like that. And you will not believe this dude, but the PhD that this guy had was actually from an online church program that allows you to get a PhD in divinity for 30 bucks online. So 30 bucks, who knew? That's it. That's all you need to become a doctor. A PhD in divinity for 30 bucks online.

Now, despite admitting to working with patients and offering them medical advice, Malachi was never arrested because according to the Florida Department of Health, he didn't technically break the law. Reporting on this case says that because he didn't administer drugs to quote, treat patients, there were no laws broken. However, and keep in mind, I'm certainly no expert.

This is just my opinion on what I think should be reality. But who knows? I mean, doesn't it seem that he is breaking a law here because we know that he gave counseling services to people without a proper license to do so? I mean, that cannot be legal. So I feel like that whole part is maybe not entirely true. cease and desist that the Department of Health issued to Malachi in December of 2015. He was apparently treating patients as a massage therapist at the same facility as well. The document states that starting on or around September 23rd, 2015, Malachi Love Robinson practiced as a medical doctor at New Directions and advertised the practice of medicine on several medical websites.

It also goes on to say that he is hereby notified to stop practicing massage therapy in the state of Florida until he is properly licensed. So lots to unpack here. I mean, massage therapy and counseling are two very personal things and treating these people without the qualifications to do so seems criminal to me. But I'm going to briefly move on from Malachi's scam at New Directions, but don't worry, I will be circling back to that later and I promise it all comes together.

But I want to talk about another scam that Malachi had running and it goes back to December of 2015, the same month that he got the cease and desist. That month, an 86 year old woman named Anita Morrison, who was suffering with severe stomach pain, was looking online for someone to help treat her. And she came across a listing for a doctor named Malachi Love Robinson. This listing was from the grand opening

of the New Birth New Life Medical Center, owned by none other than Dr. Malachi Love. And to make a long story short here, The listing was from the grand opening of the new birth new life medical center owned by none other than Dr. Malachi Love. And to make a long story short here, Anita and her at-home health aide had contacted Malachi and he agreed to start doing in-home visits with her to treat her. And this is absurd and honestly really sad, but over the course of four at-home visits, Malachi ended up charging her $3,500 and then made an official diagnosis of arthritis. And you heard me right, he diagnosed her with arthritis for stomach pain. That's what she originally contacted him. So obviously that

doesn't even make sense. And what also doesn't make sense is the fact that he went and got her vitamins that he prescribed for her to take and it was literally just Valerian and melatonin which as a lot of you probably know are Sleep aids and it's pretty common knowledge and commonly used supplements So I feel like it's something that she could have easily just, you know, found on her own if sleeping was possibly an issue. And that's not even the worst of what he did, not even by a mile, because one day Anita calls him and is complaining about very, very severe stomach pain. She said she needed him to come to her house right away. And when he gets there,

he says that there's nothing that he can do and he actually just calls 911 and that's not even the worst thing that he did. I mean it gets a lot worse and there's actually two really terrible things that he did after that. First of all, Malachi ended up visiting Anita in the hospital and advised that she received several very expensive tests and they were tests that doctors at the hospital said she definitely didn't need. Which is obviously super sketch, super shady, and super violating in a million different ways.

But here's the real kicker. When Anita first went to the hospital, Malachi said that she should just go. Obviously it was an emergency. So he tells her he'll stay back and lock up for her, which sounds like a nice thing to do. That is until you learn that while he was there, he stole this poor woman's checkbook

and started writing him self checks for thousands of dollars. And at first, Anita actually only noticed two forged checks, one for 500 written out to Malachi and the second was for 1200 bucks written out to his medical center. But after a deeper investigation, she learned that he had stole another $30,000 from her, which he used to pay off his car loan

and the debt that he had on two different credit cards. And thankfully she noticed that. And what did she do? Of course she calls the police and from that point forward a formal investigation was launched into Malachi Love Robinson. And as you can imagine it didn't take long for these investigators to start unraveling all the lies told by Malachi starting with the fact that he was not a licensed physician. In fact he wasn't licensed as anything in the state of Florida,

and investigators didn't arrest him at that point, but they kind of sat on that information and kept digging to see what else they would find. They found more. Now let's fast forward a month to January of 2016, because that was the month that Malachi announced on Facebook that his new medical practice, New Birth New Life Medical Center and Urgent Care was officially opening for business baby! Which I'm sure a lot of you are thinking

and I thought the same that that medical practice would be some type of you know maternity birthing center something along those lines. Thank God it wasn't. Plus, can we just talk about the fact that he added urgent care to the end of it? I mean, imagine if someone who actually needed urgent care had looked up urgent care close to me, and then that came up and they went to him for urgent care. Oh my God.

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Acupuncture detoxification ADHD and chronic fatigue treatment if you look at the about section He also claimed to be, quote, a well-rounded professional. And by the way, he misspelled professional, which I thought was hilarious. But he also said that he treats and cares for patients using a system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing the human body. Now, I don't even know if that really makes sense, but that's what he wrote and believe me, there is more.

Malachi also claimed to utilize physiological, psychological and mechanical methods such as air, water, light, heat, earth, photo, food and herb therapy, as well as psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, naturopathic corrections and manipulations, and more. I mean this guy could do it all. It's literally like he just googled random medical terminology and then just spit it all out onto a website.

And honestly I wish the claims ended there, but honestly a dude had a lot more boasting to do. Malachi claimed that on top of having a bachelor's degree and a PhD at just 18 years old, he also shadowed several physicians and OB-GYNs, became certified as a holistic health practitioner, became board certified as an alternative medical practitioner, became certified as a holistic health practitioner, became board certified as an alternative medical practitioner, became certified as a surgical technologist, plus about a million more things and none of them were true. Honestly, it was kind of funny, but it's also really scary is Malachi was pretending to be licensed by the state of Florida as a naturopathic doctor. licensed by the state of Florida as a naturopathic doctor. Come to find out, Florida doesn't even issue

this type of license anymore and hasn't for a while. I read somewhere that it's been like 30 something years since Florida has issued a license for this. And unless Malachi is a time traveler, I'm gonna have to call bullshit on that. It's just wild to me that he was really out here trying to convince people that in the three years since he was done homeschooling, he had just boy geniused his way to all of these degrees, licenses, and certifications.

It's just, it's insane. Oh, and I haven't even shared my favorite part of his website yet, and that is that there are pictures of the other doctors who worked there who were quite literally the most basic stock images that you could ever imagine dude it's like he didn't even try to make it look legit what's crazy is he did hire two women a program and operations director and did this whole photo shoot for the website but those are about the only semi legit looking photos that he had on the website. I know that was a lot of information already but just buckle up because I haven't even gotten to the craziest parts yet.

So it turns out that a reporter named Terry Parker received a tip from one of Malachi's family members alerting her about this whole charade that was going on. Now Terry works for WPBF25news and when I tell you this woman jumped on the story, I mean she jumped on it. In a special report titled Playing Doctor, which you can see all of it in full on YouTube, Terry interviewed Malachi on two separate occasions and didn't hold back about asking the questions that everyone wanted to know. And I don't think I can stress enough how Malachi said so very much and so very little all at once in these interviews. You honestly just, you got to hear it for yourself. So I'm going to play some.

I was aware that some people were actually concerned. I was aware because, and sometimes I consider it a little bit of ignorance, you know? Some people, you know, they just assume that just because you open up a practice and I've done a lot of Christian training and theology and science. And I have done some alternative medicine courses and things of that age, which I have been certified by two boards to do. So I have gained some board certification, some things and I will never portray myself as an MD. I have no reason to.

And, you know, some people, they've, you know, they've caused problems for me in the past, and it's been a very emotional ride. The thing is, I, you know. But you do call yourself Dr. Robinson. Yes, because I do have a PhD. I do, yes. And, And what?

I have a PhD in holistic and alternative medicine, as well as I have a PhD in science and theology. Sorry, I get nervous when I'm on camera. To get your PhD, don't you have to go to college? Don't you need some? That is true, and yes. But there are many different paths. You might have to have a seat. But have you gone to college? Don't you need some? That is true, and yes, but there are many different paths. You might have to have a seat.

No. But have you gone to college, Malachi? I have, yes. Which college did you go to? I've gone to two colleges. Which one? I'm not comfortable with this slogan that I have. Did you graduate?

Yes, I did. How old are you, Malachi? I am 19 years old. 19? Yep. Okay. So you've been to two colleges. Yes. Yep. Okay. So you've been to two colleges. Yes, both. The main one was a Christian

Institution and the law that's have certain requirements that do govern Christian Institution as well. You've got a lot of sites online all claiming that you're a doctor Well, no, they don't claim medical doctor as I am aware of No, they don't claim medical doctor as I am aware of. They if you could stop recording, please. Now, like I said, it is available on YouTube, so I will link the entire interview series below. But there are a few other clips that I want to share because they're very telling. There was one point that Malachi tells Terry to turn off the camera. He's obviously getting very stressed about being interviewed.

And then later on, he tells her to turn it back on. And when the camera came back on, he had the audacity to say that he wasn't the one who was claiming to be a doctor. Malachi actually told her that it was other people that went online and lied about his credentials and that he was at no fault for other people making assumptions about him. Anyone that wants to portray me as a bad person by all means. I haven't broken the law. I haven't seen patients. I haven't performed surgeries or any of these, this nonsense. And whatever you see on the internet, feel free to copy, feel free to paste it, feel

free to take a picture of it. But I've never wrote these things. I've never sat here and went on to these sites and registered. I've never sat here and went and said, I'm an MD. Never. Because I have an understanding of how these things work. See, my mother, she didn't raise a fool. I'm thankful for her. Because one thing she always taught me was to make sure that my I's were dotted and my teeth were crossed. Starting this practice, I made sure I wasn't stepping out of my boundaries. I made sure that I wasn't doing something I should not have been doing. Today's episode is brought to you by ZocDoc.

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But it's funny because he is also claiming to have all of these other license and certifications when all of that can be easily disproven. In fact, Terry did some digging and found out that a lot of his certifications and license were straight up purchased online with no proof necessary. And for others, he submitted fabricated documents in order to obtain them. There's a letter from the American Association of Drugless Practitioners that first congratulates him on his certifications as a holistic health practitioner. And then there's a second letter from them that literally states his certification is void because the documents he provided them were found to be fabricated. Terry said that she even

contacted these medical sites that had listed Malachi as an MD and also a handful of other things and they all said that someone named Malachi Love Robinson was the person to submit that information. And I'm sure like me you've got to be wondering why. Why is he doing all of this? What is the reason? Well, he was asked this and once again, he answered by saying a whole lot of nothing. Ever since I was a little kid, I was always telling my parents I wanted to be a physician. That was my goal. I knew from a little kid, I wanted to be a doctor. That was my dream. And to this day, it's still my dream. I'm not done. You know, I want to go out and I want to one day become a Ben Carson that has more just with a little

more common sense. And I just that's where my interest developed. And ever since then, I contacted many natural pathodontists. I've been out of the state. I've done some trainings with some. I've seen how they've ran their practice. They've offered me these opportunities because it's not every day you find someone

who's mentally capable to take on the role of wanting to be a physician at my age who's willing and capable to do so. And so many physicians, they speak to me and they're just in awe. And it's not because I'm a great person, not because I'm some miracle from heaven sent. It's just because I have a passion for helping people. Now something that Malachi didn't mention in interviews, but I wanted to bring up is the

fact that when he was younger, he was diagnosed with lupus. His family explained that during this time he was in and out of doctors offices, but it was ultimately holistic medicine that saved him. Now I am certainly not dogging on holistic medicine. I think people have various opinions on it and you know, some of that criticism is definitely valid. In my experience, I was chronically ill for a long time and I never was able to get help through traditional medicine. And it was a mixture of traditional medicine and holistic practices that truly saved me. I mean, I am a completely new person now.

And so I can't like sit here and just, like I said, dog on all of that, but I can't help but wonder if his experience with all that kind of led him down this path to claim to be a holistic doctor when he wasn't. I think a lot of people who are sick growing up or who have been around people who were sick growing up, you know, are inspired to get into different medical fields because of that. I mean, I think it makes total sense. So I wonder if that was kind of the root of why he wanted to have these titles so bad. I just don't understand why he didn't just go the traditional route

and actually earn these certifications, degrees and licenses. So definitely let me know what you guys think about that. And while you're thinking about that, I want to share another one of my favorite parts of his interviews. During their second interview, Terry straight up confronted Malachi with the fact that the sign outside of his door said, Malachi Love Robinson, MD.

And his response was honestly absurd. Not only did he put tape over where it said MD, but he also said that it was the building manager's mistake and that they put MD just based on assumption. Which hey, could be true. I think with everything else he has lied about, I personally do not believe that. I haven't broken the law. I haven't operated. I haven't done surgery. I have not said I'm an MD and I'm going to sit here and do whatever. I have not said that. What I have not done surgery. I have not said I'm an MD and I'm going to sit here and do a, you know, whatever. I have not said that.

What I have said is that I specialize in natural pathophan medicine. That is what I do. That is the field. And whether people want to assume that I've done the wrong way or the right way, that is for them to perceive. But I don't think any board or any community

or any healthcare system would just allow someone to rent a building, allow someone to rent a building, allow someone to put up license, allow someone to order office material such as take tables, exam tables, and equipment, and not question whether these things are real. I have been scrutinized before I even got this building. They were requesting information on my education.

They were requesting information on my license. They were requesting information on all this stuff, and even in order to approve me for this place. Outside of your door, your sign says, Dr. Malachi Love, MD. Actually, no, it doesn't. That has actually been changed, and that has actually been re-redone. That was actually a mistake

on the building management's behalf. And I have sent various emails for them to correct it and change it. They actually they told me it was by assumption. And they are changing that and it actually has already been fixed. But literally at no point would this guy admit fault. He even doubled down that he did have the qualifications to treat certain disorders. And when I say qualifications, take that with a grain of salt because according to Malachi, he basically claims to have done internships. Internships that he can't even say where they took place.

You list the conditions you treat as ADHD, chronic fatigue, depression, psychotic diseases, psychosis, and substance abuse. So where did you get the experience to treat those disorders? Well, I've done internships and trainings in the psychiatric field. And one of them specifically was in psychology. And I do have training in that field. It's been a field that I've been associated with multiple times because some people find it so hard to believe that someone so young could do this. And a lot of people refer to me as Dukie Howser, and I still have yet to see this guy. But I have I do have to have training in those fields. Now, what I will say is anything that I do

is always overlooked and looked at by a MD level or a DO level, a professional. I don't treat these diseases. I don't treat them on my own. I do not. What I do is I do have psychologists that come in as 1099 contractors or psychiatrists, they treat these

patients Along with whatever input I may have in The holistic field in the naturopathic realm as of what we can do for them a lot of things we treat With a lot of psych or man manic depression or bipolar or skits can be therapies music therapies Acupuncture, massage therapy. A lot of these things are stress relieving. They can sometimes even be neuro mind altering the feelings of these certain things going on. And who are these professionals that Malachi claims were looking over his work? I mean, personally, I don't think they exist. And at one point in the interview,

he talks about the fact that he's looking to hire MDs and psychiatrists, but it sounds like it was all just talk. The only employees that he had were those two women from the photo shoot. But again, neither of these women were doctors. He also had a business partner who spoke to the media as well and explained a little bit about how he got duped by all of this, but he also Wasn't a doctor or planning to treat patients either and I'm not sure if he was actually planning on you know hiring legitimate doctors But in my opinion, I think if this had gone unchecked He really would have tried treating these patients on his own. And I say that because he did treat one patient,

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If you remember from earlier, I mentioned that an investigation was kicked off in December. And I kid you not. While Terry, the reporter, was at the medical practice getting more footage for her story, Malachi was arrested in a sting operation. Truly wild that they caught all of this on camera. My god. But yeah, a detective posing as a new patient had made an appointment and after Malachi

had performed an exam on her, an exam that he clearly was not authorized to perform, officers came in and arrested him. Malachi, they say you've been practicing medicine without a license. What do you have to say? You told me you were not practicing medicine, Malachi. You will hear from my lawyer. That's not a very good answer because right now you're under arrest. They say you examined a patient today. You will from my lawyer. Following his arrest on February 16th, Malachi was released on a $21,000 bond. And what did he do at that point?

He went right to the media. In one interview with Good Morning America, Malachi got so frustrated with the line of questioning and the fact that they were pushing him that he literally just got up and left. Are you a fraud? Because it seems like everything you're saying to me is either evasive or an outright lie. I don't appreciate your tone. I don't appreciate the way you're portraying this interview to actually be.

Clearly they were going to ask him if he was a fraud and so, you know, you know the phrase if you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen. That's exactly what he did. He just got up and left. I mean, I think it says a lot to everyone, but that's that's not where it ends. Malachi then ends up holding his own press conference and it was, it was interesting. He totally plays the victim. He asks the community to pray for him and he says that he and his attorneys are

working to get the truth out. First of all, dude, the truth is out there. You lied about being a doctor. And second of all, what attorneys? I mean, I don't doubt maybe he had an attorney or he was planning on getting one, but it was literally just him standing there during the press conference. It has been reported that there were a few family members supporting him standing off to the side. We can't see them, but I don't know. I don't know. I am deeply saddened and a little disrespected by some of the things that have come forth. But I will say that my attorneys are working hard, they're working around the clock to make sure that this issue gets resolved in the best way possible.

I would just simply ask that you please allow the attorneys to do their job. You respect the privacy, you respect my privacy and my family's privacy. And just please allow us to deal with this issue the way any normal family would. And I would simply ask that if you could please pray for us in this time that everything that has happened that we get the truth out of it. And not only the truth, but we can shed some good light on some of the things that are happening in the community today.

That we can shed a good light on some of the positive things that are happening and stop worrying about bashing someone and start lifting them up. Once again, I wanna thank everyone for their support, whether it was good or bad. I've had some great supporters and I've had some people who have said some negative things, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

And once again, I am not upset and I respect the community for the concerns that they have. But once again, just please respect our wishes and allow our attorneys to do the best that they can to work on this case. Now it's been reported that Malachi was raised and homeschooled primarily by his grandparents. And like I said, they appeared to support work on this case. Now it's been reported that Malachi was raised and homeschooled primarily by his grandparents. And like I said, they appeared to support him during this time.

And they actually said that even if he did do something wrong, he had good intentions of trying to help people. Yeah. And I get it. It's your grandparents. They love you. You want to support your family. I totally get supporting family during tough times, but what he did was not a little mistake. It's a serious crime. This was

a legitimate scheme to defraud. And had he not been arrested, it's possible that real people may have gotten hurt. And I mean, he's lucky and Anita is lucky that she didn't get hurt while under his care because things could have gotten a lot worse. Imagine if she had, you know, appendicitis, for example, and he was the one treating her and didn't get her the proper care. She could have died. And thankfully, nothing like that ever happened in this case, which I'm really grateful for. But things certainly could have gotten much worse, especially if this wasn't caught sooner.

Now, luckily authorities recognized the seriousness of his crimes, even if people in his life didn't. So let's just do a little recap here, okay? So in February of 2016, Malachi was arrested for the first time on charges related to practicing medicine without a license. As we know, he was released on bail, which is when he did those media appearances. Well then two weeks later, he ended up turning himself in to face new charges related to

the $35,000 that he had stolen from Anita Morrison. He was charged with five counts of fraud by using identification without consent and one count of larceny of more than $20,000. Now the judge did grant him supervised release but ordered that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Now I don't know what the results of that evaluation were but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious. I'm sure all of you are.

I mean there's got to be something to explain this type of behavior. But jumping forward to April, Malachi ended up being offered a plea deal where he would have to serve three years in prison and five years of probation for entering a guilty plea, which is significantly less than what he was facing had he chosen to go to trial. But at first he denied the deal. So he was scheduled to go to trial that July. But when June came around, Malachi ended up filing for a motion to drop his current attorney and ask for 30 days to find a new one. And the judge honestly seemed just pretty tired of his bullshit at that point.

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of opening up a medical p or training. He also fac old woman who thought he was a doctor. Now Malachi did end up hiring a private attorney within those three days and they began preparing for trial which had by that point been postponed to early September. But by the time August rolled around it got postponed a second time this time for November. Around this time his lawyers also announced that they were toying with the idea of using an insanity defense but unfortunately there just weren't many details provided besides this. And if you thought the roller coaster was over there, well, you'd be wrong because Malachi

was then arrested again in August of 2016. That's right, this time Malachi was given a brand new set of charges during another one of his many hearings for larceny between $20,000 and $100,000 as well as fraud. Now, unfortunately, the reporting on this is super unclear, but from what we've been able to piece together, we think we know what these charges were related to. First, Malachi was accused of writing a bad check for 1500 bucks back in May of 2015. The check was supposed to be a down payment on a car that he wrote, apparently knowing that he had

insufficient funds. And second, Malachi was also accused of stealing $40,000 from his boss at New Directions. And this was also back in 2015. It turns out that Malachi had used his boss's bank account to pay off credit cards, to pay internet providers, and even to pay $28,000 for a brand new Nissan. Now, obviously she found out what he did

because that's not an insignificant amount of money. And what's interesting is she tried to confront him at first. And she says that he did apologize, but when he wrote her a check for about $5,800, it bounced and he never tried to make it right again after that. So understandably, she went to the police and they opened an investigation, of course. But even after this next arrest, he did not stay behind bars.

He ended up posting an $8,000 bond and once again was out of jail. But that lasted all of about two seconds because in early September, Malachi was arrested again. And if you're getting whiplash, same. But in September of 2016, Malachi Love Robinson was again arrested in Virginia on fraud charges after he, get this, stole an old woman's identity to try and buy a Jaguar.

A Jaguar, like the car. And it's crazy because didn't he just try to steal money from someone else for a Nissan? And maybe the whole question of why is starting to make a little bit more sense here. Was it partially money motivated? I think so. But Malachi was arrested at the car dealership

and charged with identity fraud, false statements to obtain credit, and obtaining money by false pretenses. This dude just waltzed into a dealership with this woman, claimed that she was his godmother, and then when she wasn't looking, put her name and social security number down as the co-signer on his loan. I mean, the balls on this guy. And apparently the dealership employees got super bad vibes from him. They were put off by some comments he had made about buying two iPads earlier that day, so they basically said that they would call him back in a few hours to let him know if

his loan was approved. And so when he left, they googled his name, of course And it didn't take them long to figure out that he was a major con artist in Florida So of course they called the police and then the police spoke to this woman The one who he claimed was his godmother and she said that she never gave him permission to write her name and information Down as his co-signer and that was that Malachi was under arrest once again this time though gave him permission to write her name and information down as his co-signer. And that was that. Malachi was under arrest once again. This time though, finally, his bond was revoked and he remained behind bars in Virginia.

Since February, Malachi Love Robinson has been facing charges of practicing medicine without a license and stealing almost $40,000 from an elderly patient. Two weeks ago, prosecutors tacked on new charges, claiming he'd stolen another 40 grand from a psychologist who employed the teen as her program director. Virginia court officials tell us Love Robinson will stay in their custody on their new charges until his next hearing in November,

unless prosecutors here and in Virginia work out a different arrangement to bring him back here to face trial first. And so after all this time, Malachi finally did spend some time behind bars. In March of 2017, he pleaded guilty to providing a false statement to obtain credit and was sentenced to one year in prison. Now some reports say that he was given a 10-year sentence with nine years suspended, others say a five-year sentence with four years suspended, but the point is the same, Malachi only had to serve one year in the end.

Now he did get credit for time served so he was out of jail by mid- 2017 and then extradited back to Florida to face his charges there. The trial date was set for January 19th of 2018, but just two weeks before Malachi pleaded guilty to six different charges including fraud, grand theft, practicing medicine without a license in exchange for a three and a half year prison sentence. He was also ordered to pay back $80,000 in restitution to his victims. And according to his grandfather, Malachi wanted to do his time behind bars. He wanted to better himself. And of course, I'd love to believe that, but I am not entirely convinced. And I don't say that to be mean because I do believe in bettering yourself, redeeming yourself, you know, serving

your time and coming out a better person, of course. But I say that because after he was released from prison, he went on to steal from people again. Like nothing can teach this dude. Malachi was released in September of 2019 after only serving a year and a half of his sentence. And by December of 2020, he was arrested on all new fraud charges, dude, and the news was everywhere.

At this point, 23-year-old Malachi Love Robinson was arrested for fraud and grand theft on December 31, 2020, after he reportedly stole from his latest employers. After he was released from prison in 2019, he ended up getting a job as a salesperson for a shipping broker called United States of Freight. And what they essentially do is connect people who ship things with truck companies. So pretty simple. He could have just really got a new start in life. He was lucky to have gotten this job after everything, but it was never enough for him. Malachi saw this as another opportunity and instead of having the customers send money

to the company he worked for, he had them send it straight to him. A handful of times actually, he had customers send him money through PayPal and Venmo, but one time he had them wire it to a bank account that he opened under the name National Logistics Division LLC. And in total he stole a little over $10,000. What's wild though, and Malachi was super

lucky to be working for someone like this, but when his boss found out about it in 2020, he actually didn't go to the police. He instead gave Malachi the opportunity to pay him back and to make it right. And he just couldn't do that, dude. And when Malachi didn't pay him back, didn't make it right, his boss had no other choice than to go to the police. So the police ended up arresting him again on New Year's Eve this time. And he actually was only in jail for 11 hours before he posted bail and essentially remained free until January of 2023. I mean, he wasn't free, but you know what I mean.

He was just riding out the legal system at that point. And just like the last two times he was put behind bars, Malachi pleaded guilty on charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud and was sentenced to 28 months in prison. Whew, that was a lot. I mean, just when you think this guy can't do anymore, he just does. It blows my mind that he never seemed to learn his lesson, he just continued to re-offend, but hey, some people are just built differently. But for now, that is it.

Now, I of course want to hear your thoughts on all of this. Malachi, so interesting people that lie in scheme like this. I find fraudsters and liars to just be so fascinating. And I feel like Malachi's ability to lie and manipulate and almost convince himself of his lies it seems like just goes beyond the scope of what most people are able to do. I'm curious though do you think it's possible that maybe he's finally learned his lesson or do you think that he will continue to lion scheme when he is released? It's interesting because when Malachi was in prison that second time, he did an interview with Inside Edition where he gives some insight on why he did what he did and his regrets

and stuff like that. Unfortunately, I can't play it for you guys because Inside Edition is big on the copyright. So I will link it below if you want to check it out. I think it's interesting to listen to. And one thing I noticed is his demeanor seems to be quite different than how it was in his interviews back in 2016. He just seems a little more composed

and his answers are more straightforward. And maybe that's because he's had, I guess more time to mature and plenty of time to think about what he's done. And he does say that he regrets what he did and that he basically got over ambitious and liked the idea of people believing he was something he was not. But again, I just don't know how much you can really trust that. I mean, obviously we hope he has really learned, but after he continued to just do it time and time again

after being held accountable, do it time and time again after being held accountable. I don't know, doesn't give me much hope that he can really change, but I mean people can change and of course I hope he has. But tell me, would you guys trust him after this? I want to hear your thoughts. But before I leave you all here today, I wanted to end on a positive note because even though we did have some a little bit of laughs throughout this one because it's just so wildly absurd, like I said though it is also really scary and sad. After hearing all of the potential horrors that could have come from Malachi pretending to be a doctor, I was inspired this week to make a donation to the National Association of Free and

Charitable Clinics. This nonprofit seeks to provide medical support to people in the United States who do not have access to affordable quality health care after realizing there are so many people who fall through the cracks of the US healthcare system. There are more than 1,400 FAFCC clinics throughout the United States and every week they are supporting people whose medical needs are not otherwise met. They provide services like primary medical care, chronic disease care and management, dental care, behavior and mental health care, vision care, women's health care and more. I wanted to donate to this nonprofit and talk about it because I just wanted to remind

you all and I'm sure most of you know that there are so many amazing medical professionals out there who have dedicated their lives to helping people. I'm sure some of them are in my audience and I just wanted to say thank you. And I can't imagine how infuriating stories like this are to you if you are a doctor, a nurse, anyone in the medical professional world who has worked tirelessly to earn those degrees, who you know slaves away at work, taking care of people who truly have passion for taking care of others. And you know, money isn't the main motivation for you. And that's just so needed in this country. So thank you. That is going to be it for me today, guys. Thank you for joining me for another episode. And make sure you follow the show on Spotify and Apple podcasts. It really does help me out. If you want to watch the video version of

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