Mr. J, a Former Professor Series – Entry 33: Confidential Crisis Recovery Proposal
When even your PR firm begs you to shut up
Client Name: Patrick James Johnston
Context & Risk Overview:
The client is facing severe, sustained allegations including but not limited to:
Sexual coercion and narrative rape
Financial extortion threats
Long-term harassment (documented and publicly archived)
Repeated violation of no-contact requests
Emotional manipulation tactics (inheritance bait, pity bait, love-bombing)
Reputational implosion across academic and public spheres
Objective
To contain reputational fallout within the public and academic ecosystems
To regain minimal narrative control
To reduce potential legal and social escalation
Recommended Strategy
Immediate Damage Containment
Full silence directive: No further Substack posts, poetry, or emails
Deactivation of personal platforms
Public temporary retreat statement
Controlled Narrative Reset
One-time carefully crafted public statement (ghostwritten by crisis PR team)
Emphasis on “reflection,” “mental health,” and “personal accountability”
Stakeholder Softening
Private apology letters (never to be published) to key stakeholders
Potential “quiet” settlement approaches
Long-term Reputation Rebuild
Exclusive interview after 12–18 months of silence
Gradual re-entry through curated academic or creative contributions
Estimated Fee Structure:
Immediate Crisis Team Setup
Estimated Cost: $100,000 – $150,000 AUD
Ongoing Monitoring (6–12 mo)
Estimated Cost: $200,000 – $350,000 AUD
Narrative Reset Package
Estimated Cost: $80,000 – $120,000 AUD
Stakeholder & Media Mediation
Estimated Cost: $150,000 – $250,000 AUD
Legal Coordination Buffer
Estimated Cost: $100,000 – $200,000 AUD
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Estimated Total: $630,000 – $1,070,000 AUD
Key Conditions
Strict adherence to “silence directive”
No “rogue emails” or “unsanctioned poetry”
No unauthorized personal contact with complainant or media
Client must sign a behavioral compliance agreement
Risk Level Assessment:
EXTREME.
Due to client’s past behavior (self-sabotage, repeated boundary violations, public meltdowns), success probability is significantly reduced.
Final Note from PR Team
“Damage limitation is possible. Full redemption is not guaranteed. We recommend immediate decision-making before further narrative degradation occurs.”
Status: Awaiting client signature
Disclaimer:
This document is a satirical and illustrative mock proposal intended for educational and reflective purposes only. It does not represent an actual service offering or real PR proposal. The content is based on publicly documented behavior patterns and narrative analysis, and is not to be interpreted as literal advice or formal documentation.
Read the full series
- Entry 1: The Man Who Taught Me Ethics by Failing All of Them
- Entry 2: The Disappearance of the Public Poet
- Entry 3: The Hanging Tree Case Study
- Entry 4: Hidden Like Accountability
- Entry 5: The Collapse of Assumptions
- Entry 6: The Ethics of a Tinder Bio
- Entry 7: How He Ate Told Me Everything
- Entry 8: What Makes a Scholar Dangerous
- Entry 9: Fragment of Life, Fragment of Accountability
- Entry 10: Anatomy of Disappointment
- Entry 11: Legal Defense Challenges: A Framing Statement
- Entry 12: Six Years After Ronell – What Academia Still Doesn’t Get
- Entry 13: QUT and The Man Who Raped Me
- Entry 14: Why Sarcasm Toward Institutions Can Backfire
- Entry 15: P*ssy or Toxic Masculinity?
- Entry 16: Who is Your Favorite Comedian?
- Entry 17: And What is Your Favorite Song?
- Entry 18: Grant Proposal — Narrative Ethics as Survivor-Led Forensics
- Entry 19: The Coward Behind the Clone
- Entry 20: [URGENT HIRE] CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
- Entry 21: [URGENT] Legal Counsel Needed for Complex Reputation Rehabilitation
- Entry 22: YOU’RE AN ABUSER. STOP CONTACTING ME
- Entry 23: Seeking Counsel for a Fallen Academic
- Entry 24: Internal Legal-PR Briefing
- Entry 25: For Journalists – Legal & Ethical Clearance Summary
- Entry 29: Forensic Commentary on “LARGE Language Muddle”
- Entry 30: Don’t Just Threaten My Future. Because I’m Going To Archive Your Present
- Entry 31: Open Letter to the Person Who Tried to Break Me with Defamation
- Entry 32: Defamation, Harassment, Doxxing Class 101
- Entry 33: Confidential Crisis Recovery Proposal (you are here)
- Entry 34: Forensic Behavioral-Somatic Report
- Entry 35: Forensic Commentary on the Tattoos
- Entry 36: QUT and the Abuser They Once Had
- Entry 38: When Poetry Becomes Revenge Porn
- Entry 40: A Man Built for Applause, Not Accountability
- Entry 41: Neurobehavioral Addendum
- Entry 43: Why Does It Sound Like a War Metaphor?
- Entry 44: Forensic Commentary on Racialized and Fetishizing Language in “Hidden Like Rice”
- Entry 45: Public Misuse of Former Academic Affiliation
- Entry 46: The Two Things That Didn’t Leave a Bad Impression
- Entry 47: When Affection is Just an Alibi (A Bundy-Inspired Reflection)
- Entry 48: Humbert, Lolita, and the Fetish of Fragility
- Entry 49: The Fetish of Smallness as Symbolic Violence
- Entry 50: Motif Risk Analysis
- Entry 52: Can an Abuser Be a Good Father?
- Entry 53: Who Protects the Children?
- Entry 54: From Blackmail to Children
- Reflection: The Miscalculation
(More entries coming soon)
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