THE PATTERN THAT WILL NOT STOP
On Katherine Hennessey, Zachary Livingston, and What “I Just Have to Do Something About It” Means Six Months Into BailBy John F. Sendelbach · May 2026
“When I see something wrong, I just have to do something about it.”
That was the line Katherine Hennessey was heard saying at a gathering approximately five days ago. Five words that illuminate a long-running behavioral pattern.
A credible firsthand source who was present reports that Hennessey was expressing open anger at Zachary Livingston — the man whose sworn statement is now the prosecution’s cleanest independent evidence in Commonwealth v. Hennessey (2641CR000158) and Commonwealth v. Batteau (2641CR000159). She was badmouthing the Commonwealth’s star witness six months after her arraignment.
She was also reportedly repeating the same category of unverified medical claims she has used before — publicly accusing a performer of having COVID-19. Different target, same mechanism.
That sentence is devastating.
The woman currently on bail for a violent assault still believes she is the final authority on what constitutes “wrong” in the world and still feels compelled to act as enforcer. Two months after being placed under court supervision, she continues trash-talking the key neutral witness against her and broadcasting unverified claims about private individuals.
This is not abstract. Under Massachusetts law (M.G.L. c. 268 §13B), it is a crime to willfully harass or intimidate a witness, or to retaliate against someone for their participation in a criminal proceeding. Zachary Livingston gave a sworn statement documenting Brook Batteau’s voluntary admission right after the assault. Ongoing public badmouthing of that witness, combined with her stated belief that she “just has to do something about it” when she sees something wrong, raises serious concerns under the statute — especially when viewed against her prior written statement that “it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.”The law does not require an explicit threat — only a documented pattern in context. Six years of receipts provide that context in abundance.
The pattern of disrespect for the court is equally clear. There have now been five Harassment Prevention Order petitions filed between us — Hennessey filed two against me (March 2023 and December 2025, the latter denied with prejudice by Judge Mazanec after he found her not credible), and I filed three against her (two in March 2025 and one in March 2026). All five were denied. No protection orders were granted to either side until April 7, 2026, when the court imposed stay-away and no-contact conditions as part of the defendants’ bail. During my March 12, 2026 hearing, Hennessey openly pushed her glasses up with her middle finger in a deliberate gesture while in my line of sight. At the April 7 arraignment, she repeated the same middle-finger “glasses push” multiple times in the gallery and then five or six more times (switching hands) as she walked out of the courtroom with Attorney Elkins.
On November 30, 2025, outside Floodwater, she and Brook Batteau unleashed a barrage of hits on me on the public sidewalk. A third individual pinned my elbows from behind. Hennessey then picked up my still-recording iPhone, walked seventy-five feet to the Deerfield River, and threw it in while the screen was still lit. I watched the glow arc into the water. Zachary Livingston — a neutral party — handed me my shoe and asked Batteau why he had pushed me. Batteau replied: “You don’t understand, John has been after my family for five years.” Livingston answered: “But you still shouldn’t have pushed him.” That exchange is now in a sworn statement dated December 9, 2025.
Both defendants were arraigned April 7, 2026. Both remain under court-ordered stay-away and no-contact conditions. I am the person those orders require them to stay away from.I cannot independently verify every detail of the recent account, but the source was present and credible, and the behavior is entirely consistent with the documented six-year record: the eight collapsed police reports (never once interviewing or notifying me), the frog mask worn eight days before the assault, the false affidavit, the phone in the river, the death-threat lyric posted while her parents were on bail, and the repeated courtroom gestures.
The pattern does not change. Only the setting does.
If this account is accurate — and the source’s credibility and consistency with the record give me no reason to doubt it — then the Northwestern District Attorney’s office and Shelburne Police now have clear notice of potential witness intimidation under M.G.L. c. 268 §13B and a bail violation that warrants immediate review.
I have documented atrial fibrillation attributed to the sustained stress of this pattern. The American Heart Association is clear: repeated episodes shorten life expectancy by five to ten years. The machine is still running.
She’s still out there.
She’s still telling people what she sees as wrong.
She still “just has to do something about it.”The phone is still in the river.
The court case is still active.
And the pattern is still on the record.
John F. Sendelbach is a metalworker, sculptor, and landscape designer based in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The complete documented archive is at johnsendelbach.com. No login. No fee.
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On Katherine Hennessey, Zachary Livingston, and What “I Just Have to Do Something About It” Means Six Months Into BailBy John F. Sendelbach · May 2026
“When I see something wrong, I just have to do something about it.”
That was the line Katherine Hennessey was heard saying at a gathering approximately five days ago. Five words that illuminate a long-running behavioral pattern.
A credible firsthand source who was present reports that Hennessey was expressing open anger at Zachary Livingston — the man whose sworn statement is now the prosecution’s cleanest independent evidence in Commonwealth v. Hennessey (2641CR000158) and Commonwealth v. Batteau (2641CR000159). She was badmouthing the Commonwealth’s star witness six months after her arraignment.
She was also reportedly repeating the same category of unverified medical claims she has used before — publicly accusing a performer of having COVID-19. Different target, same mechanism.
That sentence is devastating.
The woman currently on bail for a violent assault still believes she is the final authority on what constitutes “wrong” in the world and still feels compelled to act as enforcer. Two months after being placed under court supervision, she continues trash-talking the key neutral witness against her and broadcasting unverified claims about private individuals.
This is not abstract. Under Massachusetts law (M.G.L. c. 268 §13B), it is a crime to willfully harass or intimidate a witness, or to retaliate against someone for their participation in a criminal proceeding. Zachary Livingston gave a sworn statement documenting Brook Batteau’s voluntary admission right after the assault. Ongoing public badmouthing of that witness, combined with her stated belief that she “just has to do something about it” when she sees something wrong, raises serious concerns under the statute — especially when viewed against her prior written statement that “it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.”The law does not require an explicit threat — only a documented pattern in context. Six years of receipts provide that context in abundance.
The pattern of disrespect for the court is equally clear. There have now been five Harassment Prevention Order petitions filed between us — Hennessey filed two against me (March 2023 and December 2025, the latter denied with prejudice by Judge Mazanec after he found her not credible), and I filed three against her (two in March 2025 and one in March 2026). All five were denied. No protection orders were granted to either side until April 7, 2026, when the court imposed stay-away and no-contact conditions as part of the defendants’ bail. During my March 12, 2026 hearing, Hennessey openly pushed her glasses up with her middle finger in a deliberate gesture while in my line of sight. At the April 7 arraignment, she repeated the same middle-finger “glasses push” multiple times in the gallery and then five or six more times (switching hands) as she walked out of the courtroom with Attorney Elkins.
On November 30, 2025, outside Floodwater, she and Brook Batteau unleashed a barrage of hits on me on the public sidewalk. A third individual pinned my elbows from behind. Hennessey then picked up my still-recording iPhone, walked seventy-five feet to the Deerfield River, and threw it in while the screen was still lit. I watched the glow arc into the water. Zachary Livingston — a neutral party — handed me my shoe and asked Batteau why he had pushed me. Batteau replied: “You don’t understand, John has been after my family for five years.” Livingston answered: “But you still shouldn’t have pushed him.” That exchange is now in a sworn statement dated December 9, 2025.
Both defendants were arraigned April 7, 2026. Both remain under court-ordered stay-away and no-contact conditions. I am the person those orders require them to stay away from.I cannot independently verify every detail of the recent account, but the source was present and credible, and the behavior is entirely consistent with the documented six-year record: the eight collapsed police reports (never once interviewing or notifying me), the frog mask worn eight days before the assault, the false affidavit, the phone in the river, the death-threat lyric posted while her parents were on bail, and the repeated courtroom gestures.
The pattern does not change. Only the setting does.
If this account is accurate — and the source’s credibility and consistency with the record give me no reason to doubt it — then the Northwestern District Attorney’s office and Shelburne Police now have clear notice of potential witness intimidation under M.G.L. c. 268 §13B and a bail violation that warrants immediate review.
I have documented atrial fibrillation attributed to the sustained stress of this pattern. The American Heart Association is clear: repeated episodes shorten life expectancy by five to ten years. The machine is still running.
She’s still out there.
She’s still telling people what she sees as wrong.
She still “just has to do something about it.”The phone is still in the river.
The court case is still active.
And the pattern is still on the record.
John F. Sendelbach is a metalworker, sculptor, and landscape designer based in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The complete documented archive is at johnsendelbach.com. No login. No fee.
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