Can anyone corroborate a potential conspiracy involving Department of Children and Families

The following factual allegations involve someone I may know who may or may not be a reliable narrator at this point. Objectively, Vermont is among the safest states in the Union as measured by violent crime involving multiple parties. Meanwhile, mental health issues are prevalent and some related statistics are above the national average.

With that context, to the extent that anybody can credibly corroborate these factual allegations, I would appreciate it.

Someone I know recently left his job at the Department for Children and Families and fled the state to seek asylum and mental health care. He told me he is being treated for PTSD and not any other condition, including a psychotic disorder.

He was allegedly the victim of a conspiracy involving DCF after a press conference commemorating a colleague he says was murdered about ten years ago. He claims that he was visible in the press conference, which is plausible as he told me he worked in communications for the department. When I asked if he thought his visibility on the press conference was the source of what happened next, he said he did not know.

He is unaware of any plausible motive, but says he started seeing death threats on Facebook after the conference. I did not get a chance to ask if they were specifically directed at him, someone else, or general. Also, he says there was an anonymously uploaded court filing with only his name on it following the press conference. He said he met with Governor Scott around this time and think that Gov. Scott was aware of a situation.

He says he was followed for several weeks and that someone spray painted “Rata“ outside his building. He said he was followed by a stalker who made a death threat in his vicinity while he was on his way home. He said he retreated into the river. He said he obtained care in Berlin but the hospital later blocked his number. He thinks there may be an internal conspiracy involving the department. He said that the police affirmatively called to conduct a wellness check on him leading up to the threats and stalking. I asked if he had gone to the police to file a report and he said he had not. When pressed. he said he didn’t want to ruffle any feathers and was focusing on mental health and physical safety.

He said he is now in a facility for mental health in another state. He has been in care for several months but I only recently found out. He said he plans to live with his dad and not return to Vermont. He previously told me his dad is involved in a construction mafia. When asked, he said that the two conspiracies are unrelated.

While I saw him for New Year in MTP, I hadn’t seen him since or talked much outside some memes on social media as I’m in law school. We spoke on the phone for the first time since then today as he said he only has phone access during certain hours and we’ve been trying to connect for at least a week.

I am confused and unsure how to process what he has told me. He is a peripheral friend I met during the pandemic and I don’t have any mutual connections in his network to ask for an objective summary of what is going on. Because of this factor and as I live in another state, there is no objective or coherent understanding of his situation that I can grasp for comfort.

The facts as alleged seem implausible on their face and maybe consistent with schizophrenia, but as a law student, I also know that there are bad people involved in quasi-governmental conspiracies. Can anybody corroborate any of these allegations? If not, I’ll think about what to do or not do