It's important that everybody
understand what really happened.
The things that Jorell says about me are not accurate.
I simply tried to help him, and I never
held him against his will.
When my son arrived on the property, I was convinced
that he was in a marijuana-induced psychosis.
He was psychotic in the way he was looking,
the way he talked to me.
Jorell told me that God had told him
that no matter what happened, he could never be hurt,
and that I needed to listen to him, that there was God,
there was Jesus Christ, and then there was Jorell.
Hey Jorell, come on in, bud, it's raining.
At one point, it started to rain and he took off his shirt.
Lightning bolts started to hit,
and he said, "Nothing can harm me."
Jorell there's lightning, get in here.
He sort of looked back in defiance
and was waiting for a lightning bolt to strike him.
He would just get super erratic
and start screaming and yelling.
Sometimes he would be talking to people that weren't there.
And you could say he was hallucinating.
That continued for three days, maybe four.
Eventually he was put into the psychiatric hospital.
Jorell does need Dr. Phil's help.
I love my son and tried to care for him.
I did not commit any criminal acts against him.
He needs to see me as his father and not as a criminal.
Well, Peter, it's good to meet you.
So, I'm really curious because it seems that
what you did, the actions you took, were extreme.
There is another whole side to this story.
I'm anxious to hear it.
This wasn't the first time I've experienced Jorell
having drugs and being psychotic, so that's the first thing.
Okay, let me stop you so we can do this step by step.
How did you determine he was psychotic?
He was talking to people that weren't there,
he was screaming, he was yelling, but prior to that time,
he was showing behavior that was really alarming.
Just really heightened responses, very agitated.
And so, I could see that he was suffering.
I asked him weeks before, I knew he was smoking
a lot of weed, and I was concerned about that,
so I asked him, "How much are you using, how often?"
And he was like, "I smoke at night, I smoke in the morning,"
"I smoke if Trisha and I get in an argument, I smoke."
So there was a lot of responses to how often
he was doing it, then that prompted me to think,
"He's pounding this stuff pretty hard,"
"and this is affecting his behavior."
What day did you go to the compound?
Well, it's not a compound, it's a piece
of property that I'm building.
What day did you go to the 32 acre piece of property
in the desert? I was--
That we're hunkering down for the second coming.
Well, I went up Wednesday or Thursday of that week.
So, I was up there working on my property,
you can see the picture, here, trying to
develop a new house for my wife and I.
For the second coming.
Well, Trisha, it's not that simple.
Uh, it's the truth.
Okay, you guys wanna attack me
or listen to what I have to say?
No, it's the truth.
That's just what you're building it for.
That's the reality of what's going on.
Well, okay, hold on, let me ask.
So, this was August 12th?
The 12th is the day he arrived.
But he's in a cannabis-induced psychosis, right?
I'm explaining what's happening here.
No, actually you're not. I'm trying to I'm trying to.
But, okay, but you did take him there on a certain day?
I didn't take him anywhere.
He was brought there on a certain date.
That you guys arranged. Okay.
And that was this year, correct?
This is just in August.
Because he was seen at the regional
medical center in August, also.
I don't know that they have the same training
that you do about this, but they said that
the patient has experienced some situational problems,
but he was not found wandering, that he is compliant,
that he has not been sleeping, but that he's not
showing any extreme anxiety, not showing anger,
not showing paranoia, there's no delusion,
there are no suicidal thoughts,
there's no self injury inflicted,
there are no hallucinations, and that his symptoms
are described as mild. Yeah.
He came out, of course, and ran away from me.
And what's the first thing you said?
I have a bus pass and I'm going back to my life.
And did you say, "I want weed,"
"I want weed, give me my weed."
I never said that, you kept saying,
trying to get me to go into your car,
and tell me that you would get me weed if I hopped in.
No. (audience laughing)