right on brother/sister! i am going thru the same situation with my four grandchildren, my daughter and my son in law. its been investigated twice by cps, they didnt do a thing. he admitted to being molested by family himself & committed himself. he told my daughter he had done things SHE WOULD THINK WERE HORRIBLE, then backed out when his whole family shows up on the visit. says it was online stuff she already knew about as he was busted online trying to have sex with a 13 yr old girl. he was doing it in his office at work...hes in the military. it was a giant fiasco with the military in control my daughter never saw just how deviant he was either,,why she didnt get to the bottom line to insure the safety of the children, she grasped that OMG i could just go on & on. i was the nanny for my grandchildren & saw things id never seen or imagined before. i knew even before he was busted someone was molesting them. i didnt know the military had already known about it...said they were investigating but i think it was more of a cover up ..nothing ever happened. i havent seen my grandchildren or daughter in a year,,she fired me...he became the victim ..she even tried to have ME arrested after he was taken out of the home a second time. she threatened me with criminal charges if i didnt call cps and tell them i filed a false report! she had the police call me & tell me NO CONTACT, EMAIL GIFTS OTHERWISE. im not stopping but i cannot get any cooperation and dont sleep etc but i need to help the kids. i love my daughter and know she is in deep denial, cant handle the truth but noone is protecting them, he is left alone with them with all that at risk i dont know how she cant open her eyes, i pray 24/7. i could write about a book of all ive seen and then connected together but i cant do that here. i just wish someone anyone would help. i decided to call & find the name of his commanding officer and she refused to give it to me and hung up on me. at least they know now someone isnt going to turn the other cheek. tomorrow i am going back to cps, not that they will do anything, then to criminal investigators. maybe theyll get sick of me and give me a polygraph to prove everything i say i saw & heard is true, including the dad threatening my eldest grandson at the time 10 yrs old. maybe if they did that,,,they would question him more & ask him to polygraph. well i dont think the military would allow that to happen, i mean by god, their reputation,,or should i say their protecting at the very least a pedophile and i know hes an evil monster, is more important to this country than saving innocent childrens lives and families from being destroyed over a deviant sick man who does NOTHING BUT LIE. all the treatment he is getting,,bless his evil heart, makes me sick. while the children get....??? well i know what they get,,they know & he knows i WILL NEVER STOP i may go to jail i dont care. im already dead.

right on brother/sister!  i am going thru the same situation with my four grandchildren, my daughter and my son in law.  its been investigated twice by cps, they didnt do a thing.  he admitted to being molested by family himself & committed himself.  he told my daughter he had done things SHE WOULD THINK WERE HORRIBLE, then backed out when his whole family shows up on the visit.  says it was online stuff she already knew about as he was busted online trying to have sex with a 13 yr old girl.  he was doing it in his office at work...hes in the military.  it was a giant fiasco with the military in control my daughter never saw just how deviant he was either,,why she didnt get to the bottom line to insure the safety of the children, she grasped that OMG i could just go on & on.  i was the nanny for my grandchildren & saw things id never seen or imagined before.  i knew even before he was busted someone was molesting them.  i didnt know the military had already known about it...said they were investigating but i think it was more of a cover up ..nothing ever happened.  i havent seen my grandchildren or daughter in a year,,she fired me...he became the victim ..she even tried to have ME arrested after he was taken out of the home a second time.  she threatened me with criminal charges if i didnt call cps and tell them i filed a false report!  she had the police call me & tell me NO CONTACT, EMAIL GIFTS OTHERWISE.  im not stopping but i cannot get any cooperation and dont sleep etc but i need to help the kids.  i love my daughter and know she is in deep denial, cant handle the truth but noone is protecting them, he is left alone with them with all that at risk i dont know how she cant open her eyes, i pray 24/7.  i could write about a book of all ive seen and then connected together but i cant do that here.  i just wish someone anyone would help.  i decided to call & find the name of his commanding officer and she refused to give it to me and hung up on me.  at least they know now someone isnt going to turn the other cheek.  tomorrow i am going back to cps, not that they will do anything, then to criminal investigators.  maybe theyll get sick of me and give me a polygraph to prove everything i say i saw  & heard is true, including the dad threatening my eldest grandson at the time 10 yrs old.  maybe if they did that,,,they would question him more & ask him to polygraph.  well i dont think the military would allow that to happen, i mean by god, their reputation,,or should i say their protecting at the very least a pedophile and i know hes an evil monster, is more important to this country than saving innocent childrens lives and families from being destroyed over a deviant sick  man who does NOTHING BUT LIE.  all the treatment he is getting,,bless his evil heart, makes me sick.  while the children get....??? well i know what they get,,they know & he knows    i WILL NEVER STOP  i may go to jail i dont care.  im already dead.

I met my ex-fiance at work in 1981; at the time he was married & I was single.  In 1984 we started seeing each other.  I knew he had been seeing someone else & that he was trying to break it off with her; which he finally did or so I thought.  Until recently I didn't know that he continued to see her until 1991.  By then I had fallen madly in love with him.  I was totaly oblivious to the situation.  And we all worked for the same company.  Eventually, he asked me to move in with in in 1996.  In the mean time, he was having phone conversations with another woman.  When I found out I asked him to stop because he wouldn't like it if I was doing the same thing.  I believed him when he said he did.  That was a lie!  In 2006 he went to Hawaii for work for 1 year.  I went to visit him for Christmas/New Year  & then in July of 2007.  Things were rocky between us.  Then in Jan. 08 I got suspicious & when he left to do work on his property in the mountains I went into his computer & found pictures of this other woman & him!  That is when I moved out. When i confronted him, he said that it was the first time & it was a mistake!  Eventually, this woman & I got together & I found out that they had been seeing each other for 9 years!  Now this woman & I talk all the time & have become friends.  We have "compared notes" & he has done the same things with her as he has done with me.  For example: taking us hunting, taking us to San Antonio, he texts us, he calls us (if one doesn't answer he tries the other).  During the time that we were living togeher, he proposed to me.  When she found out, he denied it and said "it was just a ring, no big deal"!  Lately he has been wanted phone sex all the time.  When he can't get ahold of one he tries the other, at times it's as late at 1 or 2 am.  He is in Hawaii, again, so there is at least 4 hours difference.  Other times he will call in the middle of the day & wants phone sex!!  We are planning on calling it quits but he has to be in town at the same time we are.  I can understand where the wife didn't have a clue at to what was going on.  Neither did we. 

I went to the taping of this episode.  I was in the studio for the second half of the episode beginning with when the polygraph results were revealed. 

I am not surprised that the results for Michael were 'deceptive' across the board.  Whether it be for entertainment purposes or not, it is still quite disturbing.  He likely denied it so that he could save as much face as possible and not admit on national TV that he has done those things. 

The sex addict on today's show was totally disgusting.   If his wife lets him around the children, then she is to blame for what happens.  This is not rocket science.  He's a liar.

Hi, this is my first time posting and I am new to the site.  I have watched some of Dr.Phil's shows in particular this one shortly after it's first release.  I really would like to be able to talk with someone about my situation and I am hoping that someone may have experience that they can share or offer.  I have caught my husband lying to me, he has cheated on me and he led a double life with his prior wife unknown to me.  My difference is that there has never been anything physical involving my children.  I do believe my husband is most likely a sex addict and he is also addicted to porn.  I don't know how much to get into and I don't know exactly where to start.  I live in pain everyday over the consequences of  our relationship.  We are married and have a baby together and he is very good to our baby, otherwise I would not be in this relationship.  I have gathered a lot of information on him over the past year and I am still hurt and it's still eating me up inside.  I don't know if I should dig deeper and when I should let it go and just move on with my relationship by giving him a rope and letting him hang himself if he does.  For me, it's not just what he did, it's the lies that tear me up and he did it while I was pregnant with a baby that we both wanted and tried to have.  We are in our late 30's early 40's and are both professionals.  I have hit bottom and am only surviving because I have a baby that needs me.  I am trying to make the best of things and wish I could just let go of the past but because of the lies I am afraid for the future and because of his porn addition I am afraid of what will be next.  I don't think anything other than the porn watching is going on now but I am afraid of the future.  Thank you.

This show was totally unbelieveable!  What's the point in appearing on the show if you're not going to admit your wrongdoing?  Until he admits the truth, help for his addiction will always elude him.  It doesn't matter what doctor he sees or where he goes for treatment, it'll all be for naught if he doesn't take the first step and admit everything.   She needs her head examined asap!  If he were my husband and he had failed the lie detector test, especially the questions about children, his soul would've been one its way to its reward by the end of the show!   He didn't even have the audacity to come up with a decent excuse.   The chair was uncomfortable excuse was just as dumb as the dog ate my homework. 

Please do a follow-up show on this.  It would be interesting to see where they are once he has finished his treatment.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU . WE KNOW HE HAS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CHILDREN. AS FOR THE WIFE, MOTHER. SHE IS IN NEED OF COUNCELING . I FEEL THE CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE WITH HER. SHE IS A DAMAGING TO THE CHILDREN AS HE IS FOR ALLOWING THIS BEHAVIOR . WHERES CHILD SERVICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM.?!!

Come on, Dr. Phil....Get REAL!!!! You treated this as if it were a person with a weight issue or something.  I don't know when this show actually taped, but I hope that YOU stepped in as a voice for these children since they are too young to have one of their own.  If you didn't, SHAME ON YOU!   We owe it to these kids to get them the help they need and most of all deserve.  As for the mother,,,,The jury is still out on that one.....

i agree with you.. she is weak and needs therapy to fix her problem. as for him he needs to be taken away from those children.

I was wondering how stupid can this mother be?  There should in no way be any thought to staying with this pervert.  If a good mother in any way thought there even remotely could be sexual fantasies i.e.masturbating in daughters bedroom, I would have my children outta there immediately. 

Since the polygraph, I would be at the local sherriffs office so fast to press charges on this peice of crap.  What is she thinking????????????????????????????????????????????????????