# COJ #189 - How Did Spartanburg Police Describe the AC Hotel Incident Deborah Barbier Reported? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202/coj-189-how-did-spartanburg-police-describe-the-ac-hotel-incident-deborah-barbier-reported Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202/coj-189-how-did-spartanburg-police-describe-the-ac-hotel-incident-deborah-barbier-reported.md Podcast: [Cup Of Justice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202) Published: 2026-07-28T10:31:00+00:00 Episode link: https://lunasharkmedia.com/coj Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL7940162780.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cup-of-justice-5995202/episodes/coj-189-how-did-spartanburg-police-describe-the-ac-hotel-incident-deborah-barbier-reported Duration seconds: 3758 ## Resource Investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ and producer of journalism David Moses are recording near Washington, D.C. for a special episode on an explosive FOIA returned from Spartanburg PD. First, David opens with gratitude for the listeners who requested a GoFundMe and refused to let Mandy stand alone. Then we’re examining the very relevant Spartanburg Police Report that Deborah Barbier filed claiming that a man stood up in the AC Hotel’s lobby area, photographed her, “kept screaming her name” — and that “Mandy Matney” was somehow involved.  The report on the June 22, 2026 incident was released after Mandy’s contempt order was issued and it is stunning: a search warrant, a thumb drive, an IT department, roughly four hours of hotel video — and a police lieutenant who wrote that he was “unable to locate the confrontation Mrs. Barbier advised”.   Mandy, Liz and David unpack what’s in the report and what’s very obviously not.   Join LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon Support Our Legal Defense GoFundMe: Help Journalist Mandy Matney Fight $176,500 Contempt Order Or support our reporting: ⁠https://lunashark.supercast.com/donations/new⁠ ☕ Cups Up! ⚖️ Lawyers & Judges: Send legal suggestions or offers for Pro Hac / Pro Bono representation to legal@lunasharkmedia.com Episode References Mandy joins Laura Richards on Crime Analyst Ep #357 🎧 Link Beth’s FB post highlighting same rules, different treatment 🌐 Hercule Poirot novels by Agatha Christie 📚 Previous Episode: Hear more convos between Laura Richards & Mandy on COJ 62 & 86 🎧 Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️ LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon get access to all new bonus episodes, video episodes, case files, live trial coverage and exclusive live experiences with our hosts. Luna… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cup-of-justice-5995202/episodes/coj-189-how-did-spartanburg-police-describe-the-ac-hotel-incident-deborah-barbier-reported/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cup-of-justice-5995202/coj-189-how-did-spartanburg-police-describe-the-ac-hotel-incident-deborah-barbier-reported.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.