As awful as this is, I think that, respectfully, if GF has time to file motions with her lawyer in the 2.5 million dollar lawsuit case, she should be using the media to help get justice for her daughter. Taking care of 5 children is no easy task. However it seems like the focus of hers has been brought upon all of the monetary aspects of the case. Everyone grieves in different ways, but she has made a comment that she believes her daughter is dead. She hasn't faced the media head on, and it seems like everything is shut lipped on her end. Releasing statements can only do so much for the public. This poor woman needs to latch her face into the memories of the american people. Psychologically, as humans, we remember faces. We sympathize with faces. Of course this is all my opinion. But this family should be on the attack all day, every day, especially since the gag order has been put into force. Nobody should be forgetting this case until justice is served.
There is a gag order in place that applies not only to the defendant and the State, but also to individuals like Dr. Farber. IMO there is no reason to expect this grandmother to do anything except what she believes to be in the best interest of the children. There is no reason for her to go sideways with the court to satisfy our need for public outrage.
More importantly, though, is the well-being of Jennifer's children, both now and in the future. Long after Dulos is convicted and the cameras are on to the next 'big' story, there will be 5 innocent human beings who have effectively lost their father as well as their mother. What purpose would be served by their grandmother attacking their father in the press?
Dr. Farber is an early education expect and is well aware the permanent impact this tragedy will have on the lives of her grandchildren. She is teaching those kids love and compassion by example, and I think it is absolutely ludicrous to insist that she should somehow "go on the attack." Her focus in rightfully on protecting their emotional well-being.
Why should she engage in the very tactics we see coming form the C Team? So the public can gorge on another family's tragedy? So that the children can see/hear/be told that their grandmother has already made up her mind about their father even before he is charged with a crime? No, just, no. Such action would serve no purpose and would only harm those kids more.
Dr. Farber's dignity in the face of this monstrous act (and the despicable allegations made about her daughter) tells me everything I need to know about how her willingness to put her personal feelings aside to do right by those children. Conversely, Dulos' willingness to put the children right in the middle of this fight, to allow his attorney to question the stability, sobriety and mental soundness of their mother, is likewise quite telling.
I have been extremely impressed by Carrie Luft and her willingness to step in as family spokesperson. Her calm but passionate demeanor stands in stark contrast to the outrageous conduct by Dulos and his lawyer. Each time she speaks, she reminds the world that 5 children are missing their mother, a mother who they loved and who loved them deeply in return. I don't need someone beating their chest to remind me what is at stake here. I don't believe the public does either.
The way for the State and the Farber family to obtain justice is for Dulos to be convicted of murder and be sentenced to life imprisonment. IMO Obtaining that conviction is the responsibility of the State, without resorting to media gimmicks. I am much more concerned about what goes on in the courtroom than I am about who thinks who is winning the media war.
