ROBOT DOG DADDY: DHS Official Joseph Scallan Defends Sex with Machines, Dodges Family Court Truths

DC Family Court Hands Kids to a Man Who Thinks Bestiality Laws Don’t Apply to Robot Dogs—Despite Medical Evidence of Abuse and Brain Trauma

By Richard Luthmann

Robot Dog Daddy: Deep State DHS—The Man Behind the Machine

Joseph A. Scallan III isn’t just any divorced dad in Family Court. He’s a long-serving operative of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But this isn’t about immigration policy or border control.

It’s about a man allegedly sending a video to colleagues of a robotic dog engaging in simulated sexual acts—and then insisting that sex with such machines isn’t bestiality.

According to a source familiar with the incident, Scallan, who has served at DHS since the Obama Administration, worked as a liaison between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on robotic canine systems.

“He actually distributed a graphic satire video discussing a robot dog being sexually used,” the source said. “He saw nothing wrong with it.”

Despite this disturbing context, Scallan now enjoys a deeply reduced child support obligation—slashed from $3,000 per month to just $75—and the backing of rookie court appointees from the global law firm Jones Day, serving pro bono as guardians ad litem.

Scallan also cut off his own kids’ health insurance. 

The Jones Day attorneys’ legal inexperience may be enabling Scallan’s broader manipulation of the system.

The Science of Trauma—and the D.C. Court’s Blind Eye

Renowned neurologist Dr. S. Gregory Hipskind, MD, PhD, a nationally recognized expert in SPECT imaging and a member of the White House Brain Health in America Initiative Committee, has provided clear and damning evidence: Scallan’s children suffer from traumatic brain injury.

Hipskind’s work, done in conjunction with the Amen Clinics, involves advanced SPECT scans showing significant damage linked to environmental and emotional trauma.

“SPECT imaging allows us to observe brain function in real-time,” said Dr. Hipskind. “We’ve seen these children’s scans. Their brains show the markers of chronic abuse and toxic stress.”

Dr. Hipskind has testified in high-stakes criminal and civil cases. He’s interpreted more than 4,000 scans.

His findings are clear: the children’s brain injuries likely stem from long-term exposure to a harmful environment, one described as neurologically comparable to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Yet the DC Family Court appears determined to ignore that science.

Judges, guardians, and therapists are “blindly executing a pre-scripted plan,” said children’s advocate Jill Jones Soderman, Director of the Foundation for the Child Victims of the Family Courts (fcvfc.org), a non-profit Family Court watchdog organization.

“They’re putting traumatized children back into a toxic household as if nothing happened,” Soderman said.

Robot Dog Daddy: The Reunification Farce—Victim Blaming in Court

Despite clear medical records and SPECT imaging showing trauma, the court has ordered “reunification” therapy between Scallan and the children—especially his son Andrew.

According to transcripts, Scallan canceled a dinner date with Andrew. Andrew cried and begged to see his father. The father’s excuse? “No Chipotle is open.”

Instead of comfort, Scallan mocked his son, saying, “What a bad example big brother is. He’s a wimp… crying because of a cancelled dinner.”

Therapist Michelle Dodge, recently appointed by the court, acknowledged that the children may not want to engage in therapy with their father. But she and her counterparts, the GALs from Jones Day, are proceeding anyway, believing it’s “what the court expects.”

Meanwhile, records show Scallan often refuses visits. When he does engage, he complains that the children are alienated.

But the reality is darker: he skips his obligations, and when his son begs for contact, Scallan belittles him.

Robot Dog Daddy: Mechanical Sex, Alcohol, and Government Secrets—But He Gets Custody?

Scallan’s government ties seem to insulate him. He’s worked at Schafer Corp., participated in DHS-sponsored biometric projects, and been listed on federal facial and iris recognition research.

Yet this man—with a documented problem with alcohol and a warped sense of sexual ethics—is being treated as a credible father figure.

“He believes sex with robotic animals isn’t bestiality,” said one source. “He thought it was funny. [Scallan] distributed that video in a professional setting while developing robot dogs for the government.”

The same man, according to family court records, neglected his children emotionally, verbally abused them, and subjected them to inappropriate sexual displays with a family pet.

Yet Jones Day’s court-appointed rookies are ignoring medical records, minimizing trauma, and treating Scallan as the victim.

“It’s a conveyor belt to abuse,” said Soderman. “And the children are the ones paying the price.”

Robot Dog Daddy: The Real Danger—Sending Kids Back into the Fire

Dr. Hipskind compared the situation to removing children from a house filled with carbon monoxide, diagnosing neurological damage, then putting them right back in.

“You wouldn’t re-expose them to that environment. But that’s exactly what this court is doing,” he said.

The children display symptoms consistent with hypercapnia—oxygen deprivation from psychological terror. Hospital records document episodes of psychogenic seizures, involuntary urination, and emotional shutdowns.

Yet none of this has swayed the court.

Instead, the court is threatening the mother, Victoria Scallan, with contempt.

Her crime? Trying to protect her children.

“The so-called professionals refuse to review the evidence,” said Soderman. “They don’t want hospital records. They want obedience.”

The conclusion? In Washington, D.C., a DHS official who believes robot-dog sex isn’t bestiality, who mocks his son for crying, and who triggered proven traumatic brain injuries in his children, is being handed his kids on a silver platter—while the protective parent is treated like a criminal.