The Dulos divorce and the MT affair were common knowledge in the small community of Farmington. The MT affair had been going on for at LEAST a year before the divorce and MT/FD made no pretense of hiding the affair in town while JD still resided at 4Jx with the children.
This is just one of many similar articles about the conduct of the affair. This was no secret in this small town. People knew and FD and MT didn't care:
Estranged husband of missing Connecticut mom, and his new girlfriend, flaunted affair before she vanished
I have no idea with GF did or didn't do but IMO she had no vested interested in causing FORE to collapse as she was seeking repayment of monies owed to her husband.
The three letters you reference as being Plaintiff exhibits in the civil case came to GF via the ongoing but very slow discovery process in the case and were provided to her by FD/FORE group. All the people that wrote the letters have known FD for awhile and one even worked for FORE Group previously. GF did not drum up these 3 random letters from people saying they didn't want to do business with FD due to the 'contentious divorce' or because the financial situation of Fore Group was questionable. These were letters written to FD and 2 of the letters were responses to FD explaining why they would not be willing to provide financing on MS and Sturbridge projects.
I've read the letters and believe they were well thought out responses to a financing proposal that they were not willing to take the risk on for the many reasons stated in each letter. Its the classic 'I love you but' letter to decline a financing proposal and these people at least gave some valid reasons for declining the financing IMO which is not necessarily the norm by any shot.
The locals knew that the financial underpinings of FORE came from FIL and Farber family. With the divorce in the works and affair being flaunted IMO GF had to do nothing here as FD and MT had already done the work of sinking FORE. The facts on this particular aspect of FORE are quite clear. FORE worked with FIL alive and providing funding. FORE failed with no FIL alive. FD did zero to try to keep FORE going as a 'going concern' and instead relied solely on financing from FIL. His choice and error IMO and he is paying dearly for it now.
MOO