He calls himself Isaac men and
he's invited me inside his Duluth
apartment for an interview.
They know what they're doing is
wrong and illegal. He's talking
about Robo callers and the
companies that hire them.
This is what we call vicarious liability.
Basically, it's like if someone
hires someone to kill someone else,
or both parties are responsible
in an office set up in his bedroom.
Isaac showed me how he sends
demand letters to robo callers.
Getting back checks of up to $1500 per call.
It's not just about the money, it's about.
Also making sure that they they
learn a lesson is this about revenge.
It's not. It's not so much
about revenge, just discipline.
Yeah, they messed up you.
You punish them. OK, revenge would be
me burning down their headquarters.
You're not picking your targets,
they're picking you correct,
they're calling me out of the
blue. Isaac contacted us out of the blue.
I didn't investigate his
background until after I left
his apartment when I noticed
those photos of checks from Robo.
Callers also had his name
blurred out. I looked
for Isaac men. There is
no Isaac men who is Tarek.
That's me, you gave me a fake name.
No, I go by my my middle name, but
your last name isn't men.
It's mentore, isn't it?
It's abbreviated and you're
currently awaiting trial on 21
counts in Tennessee, correct?
Twelve of those are felony
charges. We're talking about rape,
kidnapping, sexual battery.
Actually, my lawyer told me I'm
just test my charges or defenses.
If that's OK, why then would you call a
TV station while you're awaiting trial
in another state on multiple felonies?
Oh, I just wanted to discuss this
wonderful opportunity to share
it with you was very newsworthy.
Mr Venturi. Is there anything that you want
to say to your accusers?
Tarek Mentore has been on
the news a lot in Nashville.
I don't think those women
would find that funny.
I don't speak English,
WSMV's chief investigator Jeremy Finley
reporting prompted Tennessee to revoke
mentors massage therapist license.
And we aired the stories from several
women that ultimately led to men.
Tories arrests for sexually
assaulting massage clients.
Well, Tarek welcome, thank you. Mentary
contacted Doctor Phil in 2020,
hoping to prove his innocence
on national television.
But then you invent this twin
and say he's the ***** one.
Well, if I did have a twin,
he'd be the ***** one.
If this happened it was
my ***** twin, not me.
Yes, if this happened.
Police here in Nashville
note Eric Mentore well.
They've arrested in multiple times,
including while out on bond,
yet he was allowed to move out of
state and police here in Metro Atlanta.
Tell us they were not informed that
their newest resident is awaiting
trial on indictments for rape,
kidnapping, and other sex
crimes against women.
The Nashville judge handling Mentores
case called him a danger to the community
and said a half $1,000,000 bond to
protect the safety of the public.
But once he posted that bond.
Mentore was allowed to move to
Metro Atlanta while awaiting trial.
When I met him at his apartment in Duluth,
I had no idea who he really was or that
during this interview he was wearing
a court order GPS ankle monitor. I
was in your home alone, sitting
across from an accused kidnapper,
****** felon out on bail awaiting
trial and I had no idea.
That's pretty scary.
You also have my email address
before you even met me.
You could have Googled my
email address just like that.
Boom easy, but I was wrong.
He didn't. He didn't do that.
He caps being more, I guess
****** would be the word
Atlanta area teacher.
Diana Edson says she met Tarek Mentore
after he posted to a Gwinnett singles
page on nextdoor.com. Did he use
multiple names with you
first? He called himself Isaac Miller
and it was Isaac men and he insisted
that he really wanted to give me a
massage and he wanted to come to
my house to do this because he said
that his place wasn't ready yet.
Text messages now on file with
the Nashville court show Isaac.
Repeatedly offering massages to Diana.
I'm in the process of setting
up my home massage studio again.
He wrote. There's
a text message about setting up a massage
studio in his apartment here in Georgia.
Yes, he said he was trying to
start his business up again.
He wanted to practice
so he wanted to practice on you. Yes, Diana
was concerned enough to
contact Duluth police.
After you found out what he's accused of,
you still put your name and your face
on the stand to testify against him.
To have his bond revoked,
I don't want this to happen to anybody else.
Duluth police determined no
crime had been committed here,
but a Lieutenant sent screenshots of
those text messages to prosecutors
in Nashville who argued in a
motion to revoke men Tories bond
that the defendant continues to
engage in predatory behavior. So
because of this,
his bond was revoked, right?
His bond was not revoked because the
judge decided that he didn't technically
violate the conditions of his bond.
There's nothing in his bond
conditions that prohibits him from.
Seeking out women and offering
massages even though massages are
the context for most of the sex
crimes of which he's accused. Correct
mentores bond bans him from using
certain social media websites,
but not next door.
He can travel freely throughout
Gwinnett, Fulton, Forsyth,
Cobb and DeKalb counties.
The ankle monitor tracking where he goes,
but not what he does
is your mind right now on women.
He may be in contact with
who have no idea, just like.
You had no idea, yes.
To re click here to read yes
Duluth police have been to his apartment
only once in recent months when someone
texted the word help from his cell phone
to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
received a call from the GBI Tipline
subject, currently awaiting trial in
Tennessee, someone texted the word
help. He wants to make sure there's
not like a person right here.
With the number in error,
I had no idea it was a police
number. Alright well.
Officers tell us he is not suspected
of any crimes in Metro Atlanta.
Mentore told me on a recorded call
that he moved here for a fresh
start while fighting the rape and
kidnapping charges in Nashville.
I don't want anybody to be hurt again.
He's already done enough damage.