Gabriel Wortman’s 33 years of NON-violence : what changed in 2001 ?

The VIOLENCE begins

Many, many people have publicly given their recollections of Gabriel Wortman, dating back in some cases to him as a six year old and extending up to 2001.

And in all of those 33 years, there is no recollection of any violence, and no police reports of violence have come forth to date.

It is only in the last 18 years of his life, since 2001, that we get reports  of violence from Gabe coming in thick and fast.

So what changed ?

And I should hasten to add, not all those early reports were totally favourable to Gabriel - a few viewed him distastefully - labelling him UNB’s Asshole of the Year.

But even they, New Brunswick’s most hostile Wortman critics, never ever saw any signs of violence.

Far from it, they saw at worst a sort of cold stand-offishness from him.

So again, what changed in 2001 ?

I have suggested that  year marked a pivot from GW being an employee to becoming a boss ; with the money and power to do what he really wanted - not longer needing as much to curb his real feelings.

His female relationships also changed : prior to this date, his friends who were women and his girlfriends never ever reported any violence from him, —- even when they departed and he wanted them to stay. His first wife, Corinna Kincaid does not seem to come up on police records of domestic violence.

Lisa Banfield, who emerged in his life around 2000-2001, might have been the one person in Gabriel’s world that he loved more than his guns, motorbikes and Portapique home.

Perhaps the thought of her leaving or not loving him seems to tear apart his fragile sense of self-worth and he lashed out at her and the world - hard.

But this remains only speculation ——— so as always : what do you think ?

Can you offer up other theories as to why there are no reports of violence before 2001 and plenty afterwards ?