Marlon and LaShonda Moore, co-founders of the Blessings In No Time MLM gifting scheme (BINT), appear to be having a mental breakdown.

Court filings have questioned whether the Moores are fit to stand trial, as husband and wife cling to a sovereign citizen defense.

The Moore’s (right) began asserting they weren’t under the jurisdiction of US courts back in March.

Despite facing a maximum penalty of 150 year prison sentence, the Moore’s have opted to represent themselves. Nonetheless the court appointed standby counsel as guidance, with recent reports detailing how the Moore’s defense is going.

From a December 9th report from LaShonda Moore’s standby counsel;

On October 3, 2025, the Defendant met with counsel but only stayed for approximately ten minutes.

On October 31, 2025, and November 14, 2025, jail personnel advised that the Defendant would not meet with counsel.

On December 2, 2025, the Defendant filed a document with the Court, wherein she rejected both pro-se status, and the appointment of counsel, and asserted that she does not consent to any judicial contract, proceeding, classification, or representation.

On December 9, 2025, a Faretta/Frye hearing was held. During the hearing, the Defendant provided nonresponsive answers to the Court’s questions.

Regardless of the question asked, the Defendant answered with assertions that she was standing on the administrative record, will not participate in the judicial proceeding, and that she was present under duress.

As a result of LaShonda’s bizarre behavior, standby counsel has requested a psychiatric or psychological examination.

The DOJ has opposed the motion, essentially arguing as silly as LaShonda’s defense is she’s entitled to it.

From a December 9th request filing from Marlon Moore’s standby counsel;

Counsel had two initial consultations with the Defendant in a standby capacity during which the defendant demonstrated a rational understanding of the proceedings and engaged in rational discourse.

Save for limited initial consultations, Counsel has been able to observe his client only in a courtroom setting.

The defendant has since and continues to refuse to consult with counsel.

Although counsel could speculate that the Defendant’s choice not to participate in this prosecution or his defense is an issue of willingness and not capacity, counsel believes the same could be explained by legal incompetence.

[F]or the recent Faretta hearing held on December 9, 2025 .. [t]he Defendant’s responses to the court’s inquiry were not consistent with those of a person who had a basic understanding of the proceedings.

Marlon’s standby counsel has also requested a psychiatric or psychological examination.

The DOJ responded with a similar opposition filing to that of LaShonda’s request;

Counsel’s basis for the motion essentially relies on the substance of defendant’s responses to inquiries from the Court that “suggest a belief that he is operating within a legal system that does not exist, common among pseudolaw adherents groups.”

Although defendant’s statements were not responsive to the Court’s specific questions, the government fails to see how defendant’s statements manifest “reasonable cause” to believe that the defendant “is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense” that would require the Court to order a competency hearing.

To the contrary, defendant appears to have consciously decided on a legal defense, notwithstanding that, in the government’s view, the defense is without basis in fact or law.

A hearing on both evaluation requests is scheduled later today.

Instead of competent legal advice, the Moore’s appear to be getting misinformation from a group going by the Concerned Citizens Coalition (CLC).

From the CLC’s official FaceBook page;

We provide education, documentation support, and oversight for individuals and families facing injustice.

Incompetant legal advice aside, the Moore’s are accused of running a gifting scheme that defrauded consumers out of $9.7 million. It’s unclear what “injustice” the Moore’s are facing.

The CLC filed a sovereign citizen letter to the court on December 2nd…

…the seventeen page filing can be summed up as the CLC being upset the Moore’s previous sovereign citizen filings were ignored by the court.

The filings have been ignored because they have no legal basis, which CLC does not address.

Although three “American witness” signatures appear on the CLC’s letter, no names are disclosed.

Curiously, the Concerned Citizens Coalition’s official FaceBook page was only recently created on December 1st, 2025. The outfit’s website domain (“concernedcoalition.org”), was also only recently registered on November 25th, 2025.

Suggesting she’s completely lost the plot, LaShonda Moore filed six new sovereign citizen notices on December 15th. The new filings repeat legally baseless assertions from previous filings.

On December 3rd, the court reset the Moore’s criminal trial for January 5th, 2026. Pending the outcome of the Moore’s December 17th evaluation hearings, stay tuned.

 

Update 19th December 2025 – Following the December 17th hearing the court concluded there’s “no reasonable basis for the Court to order a competency examination of either Defendant”.

As of December 17th, the Moores remain on schedule to face trial on January 5th.