Michael Barisone had "interpersonal problems" and "a longstanding conflict" with student Lauren Kanarek and her boyfriend, Robert Goodwin, in Florida during the winters of 2018 and 2019, according to Dr. Louis Schlesinger, a psychology professor at the John Jay...

An increasingly panicked and desperate Michael Barisone was trying to get help as his life was spinning out of control, a psychiatrist testified today in the dressage trainer's trial on attempted murder and weapon charges. The expert witness, Dr. Steven Simring,...

(There is a correction in the 15th paragraph) Just days before the shooting of Lauren Kanarek, wheels were in motion to have her leave dressage trainer Michael Barisone's farm, where testimony in his attempted murder trial revealed the atmosphere had become poisonous....

A truck driver hired by Michael Barisone to keep watch over the dressage trainer's stable amid discord at the property said his friend was "so messed up he could hardly even talk." An ongoing dispute between Barisone and two tenants he was trying to evict from his...

It was a difficult day at the Michael Barisone attempted murder trial in Morristown, N.J., as his former student, Lauren Kanarek, talked about her wounds, wiping away tears as she recounted the incident that led to her hospitalization for three weeks. The anguish...

Dressage trainer Michael Barisone was "in an almost catatonic state" in mid-summer of 2019 as he feared for the safety of those around him and his business, viewing threats posted on social media by a boarder/tenant and other harassment with such alarm that he wasn't...

Dressage trainer Michael Barisone's state of mind in the days before the shooting of Lauren Kanarek was a focal point as his attempted murder trial entered its fourth day in Morristown, N.J. His former student and tenant, who was shot twice in the chest on Aug. 7,...