Such is the result of a smear campaign.  The brutal lies of those who have a self determined case for revenge.  The best way to hurt someone who has refused to bow to a demand  is to convince others that refusal was born of a deeply ingrained character flaw.  It took only gathering a circle of three to spread the cancer of gossip throughout the world I once thought loved me.  The people I cared so deeply about were now having meetings about me without my presence. 

If you want the truth, they will tell you the truth.  Now, do not be misled. Truth is not a synonym for their personal opinions.