Kathrin Bolton versus Valerie Hatfield

 KATHRIN BOLTON VERSUS VALERIE HATFIELD

By Richard E. “Rick” Dennis CPP
Risk Manager & Analyst
Certified Protection Professional
Freelance Journalist
August 13, 2026
Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved

BOLTON LOSES! HATFIELD WINS! 

On July 30 & 31, 2026, at the Warrensburg, Missouri Court House, trial was held in the above captioned matter. The trial lasted one and one half days. Attendees were: Kathrin Bolton aka Kathrin Black, Ashford, Huffine and Hufford (Plaintiff) and Valerie Hatfield (Defendant). Witnesses for the defense were Richard E. “Rick” Dennis CPP; owner, Wind River Company LLC, Risk Manager & Analyst, Metairie, Louisiana (Expert Witness), Kenny Parish; Arkansas and Mary Ivanoff; Wyoming. 

The (Plaintiff) sued the (Defendant), i.e., Bolton sued Hatfield for defamation and slander. Hatfield counter sued for fraud, negligence and conversion of horses. At the conclusion of the trial, the court denied Bolton’s claims against Hatfield; while Hatfield was awarded: A court ordered judgement against Bolton in the amount of $114,000.00 plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

The witnesses testified as follows:
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Kathrin Bolton represented by counsel, testified to (Plaintiff’s) lawsuit.
Valerie Hatfield represented by counsel, testified to (Defendant’s) counter - lawsuit.

Kenny Parish: Mr. Parish testified first, under oath, for the (Defense). More specifically: Parish testified about a group of horses being dumped in an unsustainable living environment in Alread, Arkansas. After videos and photographs were viewed, by Valerie Hatfield, of the abandoned horses, Hatfield identified three of the horses as belonging to Hatfield (Defendant). Upon Parish returning to Alread to verify the horses were still at the Alread location, Parish discovered the horses were missing. A few weeks later, Parish obtained new information the horses were abandoned less than fifty miles South, of the original location, and were not located at a livestock location. 

Parish met Hatfield the next day at the livestock location at 7:00 am, accompanied by a known certified Veterinarian who is also the local representative for the Arkansas Poultry & Livestock Commission. After inspection, veterinarian care, and obtaining coggins tests were the horses were loaded up and transported to an undisclosed location for emergency care. After seventy five (75) days, the horses were returned to Hatfield. Parish also testified to the emaciated, deplorable and horrific condition the horses were in at the time of discovery. More specifically: Oswald, Osheana and Meango.

Mary Ivanoff: Mrs. Ivanoff testified second, under oath, for the (Defense). More specifically: Ivanoff testified she donated $15,000,00 and another $5,000.00 for a total of $20,000.00 to an alleged 501 C 3 nonprofit owned by  Bolton; SUNRAY EQUINE TRAINING SANCTUARY (SETS). Ivanoff further testified: After, conducting a personal investigation; including guidestar.org, the premier destination for nonprofit research, Ivanoff  discovered: Bolton was actively promoting and soliciting public donations for a fraudulent, nonexistent and an unverifiable 501 C 3. Ivanoff further testified: Bolton’s alleged  nonprofit is completely fraudulent in every legal respect. 

Ivanoff’s investigation also revealed: guidestar.org didn’t have an IRS tax form 990 filing for (SETS), on file, which is required by Federal 501 C 3 nonprofit reporting and tax filing law. Moreover, Ivanoff testified she was in possession of receipts, from Bolton, signifying Bolton received Ivanoff’s money donations for Bolton’s alleged 501 C 3 nonprofit; (SETS) and Bolton scribed on Ivanoff’s receipts, Ivanoff’s donations are fully tax deductible. In fact and reality, they’re not.

Richard E. “Rick” Dennis CPP, Risk Manager & Analyst: Risk Manager & Analyst testified last, under oath, as an expert witness for the (Defense). Risk Manager & Analyst testified, not only for Hatfield’s Risk Assessment & Analysis report pertaining to Bolton but also for three preceding Risk Assessment & Analysis Reports formulated by same. For the record, each Risk Assessment & Analysis Report delineates Bolton’s alleged fraudulent activity involving:  Randi Collier; Beaumont, Texas, Mindy McMahon; Afton, Wyoming and Lynda Carter; Colorado. 

Also, for the record, all four Risk Assessment & Analysis Reports delineates each (Victims) individual sworn oath testimony and affirmation, via Notarized Affidavit, of their individual business dealings with Kathrin Bolton as well as specifying the exact type of alleged fraud and damages each (Victim) sustained due to Bolton’s alleged unscrupulous, fraudulent, and criminal  business dealings. More specifically:

1.    Randi Collier; owner, SOUL HORSES LLC, Beaumont, Texas reported, to Risk Manager & Analyst, by Sworn Oath Notarized Affidavit, Collier purchased four rescue horses from Frabrizius Live Stock LLC, of Colorado. After purchase, Collier contracted with Kathrin Bolton, for transportation services, for the horses, as well as a thirty (30) day quarantine stay, for each horse, at Bolton’s Colorado facility. Collier further states: Bolton’s charges for the horse transport service as well as the thirty day quarantine stay, for each of Collier’s horses, were paid to Bolton, by Collier, in-full, and in advance.

Collier further reports, swears and affirms, via Notarized Affidavit: Shortly after the arrival, of Collier’s horses, at Bolton’s facility, Bolton notified Collier; one of Collier’s purchased rescue horses was sick and required veterinary medical services. Thereafter, Collier received an electronically transmitted invoice, from Bolton, for veterinary services provided by a Dr. Sagel. Collier requested and never received, from Bolton, Dr. Sagel’s veterinarian medical report pertaining to the alleged sick horse. Furthermore, Collier states: Bolton electronically transmitted, to Collier, from Bolton, two more invoices specifying the euthanasia of the alleged sick horse as well as the burial of same. 

Again, Collier requested but never received, from Bolton, the required medical report, from Dr. Sagel, nor did Collier receive a copy of the billing from the excavator operator allegedly hired for the burial of Collier’s allegedly deceased horse. After not receiving the Collier requested medical and burial material, from Bolton, Collier became suspicious of Bolton and hired Risk Manager & Analyst. During the Risk Assessment & Analysis review process, it was discovered Dr. Sagel was a fictitious person and not a licensed veterinarian in the State of Colorado. Collier confronted Bolton about the fraudulent electronically submitted invoice submissions. Collier also requested photographs and a video of Collier’s horses on Bolton’s property. Collier also requested to pickup Collier’s horses from Bolton. Bolton denied Collier access to Bolton’s facility and Collier’s horses, in Bolton’s possession and control, until the fraudulent billing was paid by Collier. Collier never received the horse documentation Collier requested from Bolton. 

Therefore, an impasse existed between Collier and Bolton. More specifically, Collier refused to pay Bolton’s extortion demand and summoned the police. The police offered Collier no help. Todate, Collier has never received the horse documentation Collier requested nor has Collier received Collier’s horses back from Bolton. Collier has  no idea what happened to the horses. 

2.    Mindy McMahon, Afton, Wyoming reported to Risk Manager & Analyst, by Sworn Oath Notarized Affidavit, McMahon purchased three horses, from Frabrizius Live Stock LLC, of Colorado. After purchase, McMahon contracted with Bolton for transportation services, for McMahon’s purchased horses, as well as a thirty day quarantine stay, for each horse, at Bolton’s Colorado facility. McMahon further reported, Bolton’s  charges for the horse transport as well as the thirty day quarantine stay, for each horse, were paid, in-full, in advance, to Bolton. McMahon further states, swears and affirms, by notarized affidavit, shortly after McMahon’s horses arrived at Bolton’s facility, Bolton electronically transmitted alleged veterinary invoices, to McMahon, for alleged veterinary services rendered to one of McMahon’s allegedly sick horses. The name of the veterinarian is Dr. Sagel. The same fictitious and nonexistent Dr. Sagel named in the Collier case. Risk Manager & Analyst counseled pro bono with McMahon and suggested McMahon contact Randi Collier about the Dr. Sagel saga. 

After speaking with Collier, McMahon contacted Bolton; refused to pay Bolton’s fraudulent veterinary billing and requested access to Bolton’s facility for pickup of McMahon’s three horses on Bolton’s property. However, Bolton refused to allow McMahon access to Bolton’s property or McMahon’s horses, in Bolton’s custody and control, until after the fraudulent veterinary billing was paid. 

McMahon refused to adhere to Bolton’s extortion demand and contacted law enforcement. Law Enforcement stated to McMahon there was nothing they could do. Todate, McMahon has never received McMahon’s three horses back from Bolton. However, McMahon did list one of the three horses on NET POSSE - STOLEN HORSE INTERNATIONAL. According to McMahon, Kathrin Bolton is listed as the perpetuator of the crime. It should be noted, photographs of McMahon’s other two horses, in Bolton’s custody and control were unsuitable for posting on NET POSSE - STOLEN HORSE INTERNATIONAL. 

3.    Lynda Carter, of Colorado, reported, by Notarized sworn oath affidavit, the purchase of  a pregnant Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mustang mare from an auction in Tennessee; Point A. The mare was tattooed down the side of her neck signifying the mare was from a (BLM) Mustang roundup. Carter hired Bolton to pickup and haul the pregnant Mustang mare, nonstop, from Point A, to Carter’s Colorado facility; Point B. Carter paid Bolton, in-full, in advance for the horse hauling services even though Bolton was two weeks late in picking up Carter’s purchased pregnant Mustang mare. However, Bolton breached the hauling contract with Carter when Bolton clandestinely diverted the delivery of Carter’s pregnant Mustang mare, from Point B, to Bolton’s Colorado facility. This Bolton diversion was consummated absence of Carter’s knowledge or consent. 

Once Bolton gained unlawful access to Carters pregnant Mustang mare, at Bolton’s Colorado facility, Carter started receiving electronically transmitted fraudulent billing from Bolton for unauthorized: Veterinary Services, from a Dr. Wexford, along with farrier services and boarding fees. Carter requested access to Bolton’s facility to pickup the pregnant Mustang mare whereby Bolton denied Carter access to her property and Carter’s pregnant Mustang mare until the unauthorized and fraudulent billing was paid. Thereafter, an impasse existed between Carter and Bolton. For the record both Carter and Risk Manager & Analyst contacted the Colorado Department of Veterinary Medicine and licensing  and discovered Dr. Wexford is a fictitious and nonexistent person nor did Dr. Wexford have a veterinary license in the State of Colorado.

It was later determined Bolton used Dr. Wexford in Valerie Hatfield’s fraudulent veterinary billing. When the police became involved Bolton fled Colorado with the pregnant Mustang mare and dumped the mare at Wind Catcher Horse Sanctuary in Oklahoma, absent of shipping and ownership papers as well as Carter’s knowledge or consent and never returned to pickup the mare or provide subsistence of any type or kind thereafter. Years later Carter discovered the mare was at this location and received a sworn oath notarized affidavit, of affirmation, from the owner testifying to the facts of the case, i.e., Bolton arrived at the facility with Carter’s pregnant Mustang mare, in the dead of night, absent of any shipping or ownership papers; promising to mail same as soon as Bolton returned home but Bolton never fulfilled this promise. 

Thereafter, Bolton filed an illegal Agistors Lien against Carter. However, it was later verified, the Agistors Lien Bolton filed is illegal in every respect due to the fact: In Colorado, an Agistors Lien isn’t applicable to stolen livestock. Later, Bolton sued Carter for defamation and slander. Carter counter-sued Bolton. Carter won the lawsuit on a Motion for Summary Judgment. For the record, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office sent a letter to Carter acknowledging the fact: Bolton stole Carter’s pregnant Mustang mare and should’ve been arrested, charged and prosecuted for the theft of Carter’s horse. For the record, upon the Plaintiff Attorney, i.e., Bolton’s Attorney receiving Carter’s answer to Bolton’s lawsuit, Bolton’s Attorney quit the case thus leaving Bolton to defend herself in Proper Person or hire another attorney. 

At the conclusion of the Valerie Hatfield Risk Assessment & Analysis report, Risk Manager and Analyst suggested Hatfield file a report with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) due to the fact: A myriad alleged violations being reported by the victims herein. Such alleged violations could indicate Bolton may be allegedly committing an ongoing pattern of operating a criminal enterprise. More specifically: Interstate Fraud. This Risk Analysis Conclusion was derived from the sheer volume of alleged criminal violations reported by each individuals sworn oath testimony, via each ones notarized affidavit. For the record, In a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) case there’s thirty five (35) predicated violations of the law. An individual must commit two predicate violations within a ten year period. 

The alleged Federal target violations, identified in the Risk Management & Analysis cases hereinabove exceeds this requirement and include, but are not limited to, by example only, Obstruction of Justice, Evidence Tampering, Wire Fraud, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Theft of Interstate Goods -  Horses, and Interstate Fraud, et al. Thereafter, Risk Manager & Analyst referred the four cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for their review and action; where warranted and necessary. For the record, only a law enforcement agency can charge Kathrin Bolton with a criminal act. 

“Until Next Time, Keep Em Between The Bridle!”