🎬 Clerked Out: The Heather Benedict Story

One signature. Eight years. Still missing.

I can finally share something I’ve been holding back:
My story is being documented.

That’s right — a filmmaker has picked up the case. For the past several months, I’ve been followed as I fight to get one missing court order entered into the record — and in doing so, expose a pattern of misconduct, obstruction, and institutional betrayal at the highest levels of Pierce County government.

This isn’t fiction. It’s not dramatized. And it’s not over.

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📜 Clerked Out — What It’s About

In 2012, I lost my mom.
In 2016, I stood before the Pierce County Superior Court with a final signed probate order.
But the order was never entered. Never docketed. It vanished.

Since then, I’ve fought alone:

• Filing motions

• Researching statutes

• Uncovering unauthorized government interference in private probate

• Confronting a court system that turned inward to protect itself instead of the public

The Clerk’s Office crumbled around me. Staff quit. Whistleblowers were silenced. State audits revealed financial chaos. Then, a political insider — not publicly confirmed — was installed as interim clerk without any lawful vote.

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🎥 Why Clerked Out Matters Now

It’s not about just one court order anymore.
It’s about what happens when courts won’t obey their own rules — and what it takes for one woman to hold them accountable.

This documentary, tentatively titled Clerked Out: The Heather Benedict Story, follows my real journey — not just in courtrooms, but across every forum I’ve used to demand justice:
🎙️ Pierce County Council
📜 Federal courts
📬 Public complaints
📽️ And now, the public eye

The County can no longer deny what I’ve documented:

• A missing record

• A violated Constitution

• A clerk's office run by political appointment, not public authority

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👀 What Comes Next

The cameras are rolling. The record is clear. The public is waking up.

I’ll be releasing behind-the-scenes updates and early clips from filming as this project develops. Until then, Pierce County should know:

I am still here.
I am still pro se.
And I am no longer alone.

#ClerkedOut
#HeatherBenedictStory
#PierceCountyAccountability #RyanMello #PierceCounty 

#OneSignatureStillMissing

Clerked Out, Called Back

Two orders gone, they thought I’d fade

A silent clerk, a rigged parade

But I got louder every year

I made the truth what they all fear

(Chorus)

I’m not done

I’m not backing down

Clerked out — but I wear the crown

One voice, no robe, no spin

This time I get docketed in

Still standing

Still calling them out

This is the part where I turn it around

Mello Knew. Mello Ignored. — The Song They Can’t Silence

Eight years ago, I stepped into a Pierce County courtroom expecting justice. My mother’s final probate orders were signed by Commissioner Karena Kirkendoll in open court—stamped “Filed.” But they vanished. Never entered. Never recorded. And I’ve been searching for answers ever since.

What followed was a cover-up. Denial. Silence. I was gaslit. Locked out of court. Punished by unlawful orders that never should’ve existed.

This isn’t just about one document. It’s about Pierce County’s failure to protect the rights of the dead—and the living.

In May 2025, County Executive Ryan Mello authorized over $1 million in taxpayer dollars to quietly pay off the Clerk Constance White who failed to fix this mess—without accountability, without transparency, and without justice for the families left in the wreckage.

So I created something they can’t ignore.

🎥 Watch the music video:
👉 “Mello Knew. Mello Ignored.”

This anthem is more than a song. It’s a voice for every family who trusted the courts. It’s a battle cry for every daughter who watched the system erase her mother’s name from history. And yes—it’s personal.

Because I am the great-granddaughter of Elsie Lincoln Benedict, a suffragist who spent eight years traveling the country demanding that women be given the right to vote. I’ve now spent eight years demanding this county give my mother a rightful record in death.

Like Elsie, I will not go home until the fight is done.

Thank you for listening.
Thank you for sharing.
And thank you for standing with me in restoring justice in Pierce County.

#PierceCounty #RyanMello #ProbateCorruption #PublicRecords #MelloKnewMelloIgnored #ClerkCoverUp #WashingtonState #TaxpayerJustice #MissingProbateOrder #JusticeForFamilies  #PierceCountyCouncil #TransparencyMatters #MusicAsActivism