Claire Ellison* later admitted that her fingers trembled as she dialed the telephone number for Butler & Associates, a private investigations firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She’d found the agency through its Web site, http://uncover-truth.com/. The Chicago woman’s husband was flying into San Francisco for a conference that night, and she had a feeling the trip wasn’t going to be strictly business. Her instinct was right: the next day Butler’s team of investigators FedExed Ms. Ellison a DVD containing footage captured with a hidden camera. In it, her husband undressed a busty blond in his hotel room.
“I never would have known,” the mother of four told Chris Butler, the former law enforcement officer who heads the agency. “For so long he lied to me and told me I was just paranoid, that I was crazy. And you know, I’d started to believe it!”
After more than a decade as a P.I. specializing in infidelity, Butler can say with confidence that very few of his clients are wrong. Or crazy.
“That’s simply what their spouses would like them to believe,” he says. “Men and women who cheat tend to become experts at manipulating the people closest to them, and at convincing them to believe whatever story they spin. Do I think that Spitzer’s wife knew her husband had spent $80,000 on prostitutes? Probably not. But I bet she had her suspicions over the years–and I’ll bet he talked his way out of them.”
The ex-governor’s wife may have been wise to turn to Butler. Using creative tactics employed by few other private investigations firms, his company uncovers information for clients about their spouses’ behavior that helps enable clients to make important decisions about the future. Whether working on a case in San Francisco or further afield in New York City, Canada or the United Kingdom–all places investigators have hit the ground running in recent months–the firm consistently delivers professional results. Among the firm’s most popular services are installing undetectable GPS tracking devices in vehicles to enable clients to track their spouses’ movements online, orchestrating stings utilizing attractive female decoys to test husbands’ fidelity, and conducting undercover surveillance.
Comprehensive information about the firm’s services and personnel, along with pricing, can be found on its Web site, http://uncover-truth.com/. For additional information, or to request an interview with Butler or a member of his staff, see the contact details below. Note that the agency does not adhere to standard business hours; phones are answered day and night. And that’s just the way Butler likes it.
“We understand that the problems our clients are experiencing are real and oftentimes emotionally charged. We encourage our clients to call us as often as they desire; we do not charge for conversations like attorneys,” says Butler. “Failure to address serious problems often has traumatic, devastating consequences.”
*Client’s name has been changed to protect her privacy.
About Butler & Associates:
With a highly-trained in-house staff, coupled with a vast network comprised of former F.B.I., Secret Service, and law enforcement personnel, Butler & Associates Private Investigations is a national leader in the field of infidelity investigations. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, investigators undertake local, national and international cases for clients who will stop at nothing less than uncovering the absolute truth.
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I know that all kinds of people cheat. But what I hate is how they apologize just because they got caught! They are not sorry! If they are then, they are only sorry because they got caught!
I think it would be so hard to make the decision to have someone you love and someone you want to trust investigated. But I guess it’s better to know the truth.
I was wondering more along financial lines; is this kind of investigating that is only for the very rich, or are there packages for the middle class?
I would be curious to know if it is really expensive also? Honestly I would hope that I would never have to go to these lengths to find out if my spouse was cheating. But if I really honestly deep down thought he was I would consider it.
I don’t know if I would have him investigated or not.
I guess if I felt threatened, then I would so that I could prepare for divorce, before he figured out that I knew and started trying to hide assets.
I’d like to think that if I had that little trust in someone, I wouldn’t be in a relationship with them to start with, but I know things happen…
I can’t imagine hiring a private investigator would be cheap.
If I sensed my spouse was cheating in any kind of way, be it physical or emotional, I would just allow things to continue for a while, after I have had enough evidence, I would calmly bring them up to him.
The only reason I can think of to use a private detectives would be to gather evidence for a divorce settlement. If you think you need to employ them then the trust is obviously gone from your relationship, which in my mind means it’s pretty much over.
You do bring up a good point in that if you are suspecting that they are cheating then the trust is pretty much already gone.
Trick-r-treat, LOL! You are so right about that….
Most of the time they are never really sorry that they hurt someone else. I think they are more sorry that they got caught doing the nasties and now everyone knows.
Calypso, it’s usually those little demons in your head that makes the decision to have your partner investigated easy.
I personally would want to know if he is or he isn’t, instead of listening to all the doubts in my mind. That can really drive you mental. Always worrying where he is and who he’s with.
mollyL, rich or not, I don’t think you can really put a price on having peace of mind.
I know people who have hired private investigators that I thought could have used the money better elsewhere (like perhaps counselling?????). Whatever it takes to make them feel more confident that nothing is happening behind their backs.
Tater03, I hope the same thing too. That I would ever be faced with this problem in my marriage. My husband is a good guy and I have no need to doubt him.
Hiring a private investigator is a good idea because you have irrefutable proof of whether it’s true or not.
SageMother…. LOL, then you definitely going to need him investigated if you are planning to take half his assets!
Calypso, there are just so many things that can happen and we have no control over it.
Wouldn’t it be so nice if everyone relationship is faithful to each other? I wonder what the world would be like?
Liza, what happens if he denies that there is nothing happening? What will you do?
Green-Moo, I had a girlfriend that actually stalked her ex to find out the truth if he was cheating.
If she just hired a private detective, she would not have lost her job (because she took a leave of absence) and she would not have a criminal record today (he charged her with stalking). Since her background is working in banks, she’s having difficulty looking for a job today because of the strict criminal check requirement.
After all that, I really hope it was worth it. As he charged her, I presume he didn’t take kindly to the idea & they’re no longer together.
Tater03, that’s true….
But there really are some men and women out there with double the goonies in their head.
I just found out that one of my girlfriends threatened her boyfriend with a knife because she said he was talking to the girl next door through the walls…..
I think she really needs some serious help.
I have to say that if my partner hired a private investigator to follow me around, our relationship would be OVER.
Ditto Calypso, I feel exactly the same. That’s why I’d not do it to my partner. If I felt that strongly that it was necessary, the relationship would be over anyway.
Green-Moo, not sure what happened there. I guess it’s a true life story case study.
Calypso, I’d really feel creeped out too because I have nothing to hide.
Green-Moo, it’s good to see that we are sticking to what we feel is right and that there are relationships out there with both partners trusting each other.
Sometimes it just all comes down to the baggage that people carry from one relationship to the next. Women who have been cheated on numerous times will always find reasons not to trust.
I agree Imaginary Diva, and let’s not forget men too. However, I think that if you respect your partner you can supress the urge to follow up on those feelings.
I agree, Green. I would be well out of a relationship before it got to that stage. There has to be trust and respect, or else it’s not a viable relationship.
I think if someone has reached the point of calling a private detective and paying a significant sum to check up on their partner, they must have strong grounds for suspicion. I am not surprised that Chris Butler says that most people who turn to his agency find that their suspicions were correct.
It is sad that so many spouses cheat, but one that maybe is inevitable in some respects…given the strong lure of new excitements with new partners.
I think cheating has always happened and probably always will. We hear more about that than the many secure and happy couples because bad news makes better headlines.
The above article makes a very realistic point. I think most of us know of acquaintances who’ve cheated on their partners.
I also get tired of the sensationalizing of some of the politician’s affairs.
Looking back on what trick-r-treat wrote at the start of the discussion, I agree that it really cheeses me off when some bigheaded bigshot “apologizes” when he isn’t remotely sorry for what he said. He’s just sorry he got caught!
Well, I think that sometimes the big weddings seem more like business mergers rather than affairs of the heart. Like two powerful families forming a new corporation.
heretoday, my grandma used to say ’sorry is what sorry does’ there is a lot of truth in that. Words are cheap, but a persons actions will show if they are sorry or not.
I agree with mollyL. A friend of mine is currently trying to hold her own ground planning her wedding with some interference from her future mother-in-law.
Fortunately in her case, I think she has a fine monogamous relationship with her fiance.