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Michael Barisone, an Olympian dressage coach who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for attempting to murder award-winning equestrian Jennifer Kanarek and her fiancé Robert Goodwin in 2018, claims he is preparing for what could be "the biggest comeback story in the history of sports." Barisone, a former Beijing Olympics participant, faced up to 60 years in prison but was released from psychiatric custody in November 2023 and now runs a dressage farm in Florida. He maintains his innocence while simultaneously planning a return to competitive dressage, despite having been convicted of severe mental illness during his trial.
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Barisone, a member of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games squad, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in April 2022 for shooting equestrian Christine Kanarek in the chest and attempting to kill her fiancé Robert Goodwin. Despite facing up to 60 years in prison, he was released from psychiatric state custody in November 2023 and now runs a dressage farm in Loxahatchee, Florida. Recently, Barisone told The New Yorker that he is preparing for "the biggest comeback story in the history of sports," claiming he could join another team or compete in a World Cup or world championship if his comeback succeeds. He has never denied being the gunman but maintains he was a victim and describes Kanarek and Goodwin as "scum."
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The New Jersey Olympian who was notoriously found too insane to be convicted of shooting an award-winning equestrian in the chest reckons he is now preparing for “the biggest comeback story in the history of sports.”
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he → find → sports
Barisone, a member of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games squad, had faced up to 60 years in prison for the attempted murders of Kanarek and her fiancé, Robert Goodwin — whom he shot at but missed — but was found not guilty by reason of insanity in April 2022.
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he → face → April
Despite his insanity defense, he was soon released from psychiatric state custody in November 2023, and once again runs a dressage farm in Loxahatchee, Florida, about 20 miles from Palm Beach.
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he → release → Beach
There, he told the New Yorker that he was the real victim — calling himself a “terrific guy who snapped” at his victims, whom he called the “scum of the earth.”
“I want my dignity back.
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I → tell → dignity
I want my reputation back,” he said — while teasing his plans for a triumphant return to the sporting spotlight.
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he → want → spotlight
“If this goes right, if I can make another team, a World Cup, a world championship, I will be the biggest comeback story in the history of sports,” he wildly claimed.
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he → go → sports
Barisone has never denied being the gunman, but has filed a slew of lawsuits — including one where he claimed the shooting could’ve been avoided — as part of his desperate bid to repair his reputation.
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shooting → deny → reputation
He was a famed dressage coach – competing in the Grand Prix and winning more than 100 competitions — before his remarkable fall from grace.
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He → compete → grace
He went viral for teaching Stephen Colbert dressage, which he labeled “horse ballet.”
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he → go → which
He called the equestrian industry an “incestuous cesspool of filth,” labeling horse dealers “shysters.”
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He → call → dealers
Barisone began working with Kanarek in March 2018 at his Loxahatchee facility – before allowing her and her boyfriend, Robert Goodwin, to live in a vacant apartment on his New Jersey farm while she continued training.
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she → begin → farm
But their relationship deteriorated.
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relationship → deteriorate → ?
Barisone claimed the trainee and her boyfriend had violated a verbal agreement to leave the farm once they finished training.
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they → claim → farm
Cops were also called to the home in the 10 days before the shooting.
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Cops → call → shooting
Barisone shot Kanarek twice in the chest and she told 911 dispatchers, “I’ve been shot in the heart.
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I → shoot → heart
“Michael Barisone shot me,” she said.
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she → shoot → me
Kanarek recalled how she couldn’t breathe properly, comparing the feeling to “being in a pool and stuck under a raft that someone was on.”
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someone → recall → that
Barisone also tried to fire at Goodwin during the struggle, but the bullet missed him.
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bullet → try → him
The dressage expert was charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of weapon possession – but during his trial, doctors claimed he was legally insane, suffering from delusions and paranoia.
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he → charge → delusions
He is now writing a memoir called “Pure Evil,” he told the New Yorker — in which he claims the old him “died” in the shooting from “a shattered dream and a broken heart.”
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him → write → dream
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