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Slam the Gavel

Luthmann's Family Court Bombshells: Journo joins Maryann Petri exposing CPS corruption, Title IV fraud, missing children, and cancel culture.

LUTHMANN FAMILY COURT BOMBSHELLS: The Gauntlet is Thrown on Slam the Gavel Podcast

    Richard Luthmann lit a match and tossed it straight into America’s family court system.

    Appearing on Maryann Petri’s Slam the Gavel podcast, Luthmann accused CPS, family courts, and federally funded contractors of running a profit-driven racket fueled by Title IV money — with children treated as inventory and, in some cases, vanishing altogether.

    From a 935% spike in missing Illinois foster kids to fake “advocates,” career criminals, and cancel-culture enforcers weaponizing the courts, Luthmann pulled no punches.

    His message was blunt: follow the money, expose the fraud, and prosecute the predators — or shut the whole thing down.

    Maryann Petri

    Meet Maryann Petri: From Family Court Horror to Slam the Gavel

      Maryann Petri’s story is one of devastation turned into defiance. A nurse, mother, and survivor of Erie County family court, Petri lost her children in 2015 after false allegations — despite being twice cleared by CPS. Judges stripped her family, career, and health, leaving her near collapse. But Petri refused silence. She launched the podcast Slam the Gavel, authored books, and wrote The Mailbox, now a short film. With more than 800 podcast episodes, she amplifies the voices of families failed by the courts. Today, she stands as a national advocate demanding abolition of a corrupt system.