at least he didnt’ threaten to stone everybody and their families...
My nephew’s ex is sort of like this description of a woman who alienated the father from the kids. My nephew however, never fell for the bait, although he has been deeply wounded and hurt by his kids seemingly on again off again affection.
The eldest is now in college and the second daughter graduates from HS in June. The eldest moved out of her Mom’s house asap after HS and moved all her stuff into her dad’s home when she went away to college. She was afraid the mom would retaliate and sell all her clothes; ie she realized her mom was not trustworthy.
I think the best thing dads can do in this type of situaion is to continue to always be nice to the kids and try not to bad mouth the mom. My nephew has never missed a school event in his kids lives even though he was often not told about it. He managed to find out from the youngest child, a son, who is atill rather close to his dada as he like to shoot traps and also hunts with his dad in the fall.