Byler's claims that her child was fathered by her ex-partner led to furious digging from both fans and detractors of the show, and before long his identity was exposed on Breaking Amish The Expose, another Facebook page dedicated to proving the show is fake. Court records showing that a Rufus Hostetler of Solen, North Dakota filed for a divorce from one Rebecca Jane Byler from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in July, 2012 were posted on the page, though a closer inspection of Hostetler's own Facebook account revealed that they had been separated for at least two years at that point, thanks to Abe. He wrote on his wall: "I am tryn 2 figure out why in th world abe schmucker wud want to b a friend on face book afterall he left wht my wife."
It isn't the first time that diligent viewers have dug up dirt on Byler: this photo of her at a pool party shows her wearing nothing but a bikini, despite claiming to be too modest to wear one on the show. The owner of the photo confirmed that it was taken in 2010, two years before shooting on Breaking Amish began.
