Just watched the MT court appearance clip today from News12 trying to find audio from inside the courtroom. No video inside courtroom that I could find which was unfortunate even though the appearance was less than a min.
I do have to say that these shots of a smiling MT and Atty Bowman are simply beyond what I expected in terms of how individuals accused of multiple serious crimes ought to be treated by the State of CT.
Girlfriend of estranged husband appears in court in Jennifer Dulos case
Nope. We are treated to perps and family members skipping out of Stamford Courtroom as if they are leaving the mall after having just had a wonderful lunch and polishing off a bottle of wine!
We see a smiling MT and Atty Bowman apparently happy in Court no doubt because MT can leave the state to go to JFK to pick up her daughter.
There just seems to be something in my mind profoundly wrong with extending any privileges to perps accused of serious crimes. NONE IMO. I do wonder why it it is happening?
It leads me to question whether MT believes there is anything she has done wrong from starting an affair in 2015 with a married Fd with 5 small children to her role in the disappearance of JFd? I'm not sure how any message will ever reach MT as to the seriousness of her situation if favours are extended.
Its all IMO profoundly disappointing in terms of a commentary about 'justice' in CT. Folks with money for atty's accused of serious crimes are released from jail with bracelets while those in similar situation without this privilege sit in jail. MT and Fd both get to enjoy the holiday period with their respective families rather than sitting in jail.
Meanwhile, the victims families have another experience entirely. The 5 Dulos children will this holiday season have to experience this period for the first times in their short lifetimes without their mother.
We see continued tone deafness from the "Greek Family" outside the Courthouse in Civil Court where Rena, Fd "sister", says that Fd is the nicest person that I know?
Really Rena? Nicest person you know? You must be kidding! This nicest person you know is personally responsible for inflicting a heap load of pain and suffering this holiday season because your 'brother' didn't have the [bREDACTEDlls] to simply 'man up' and have the personal integrity and courage to leave his marriage and his children with dignity for the best of his family. No. He no doubt had multiple affairs before starting the longer term affair with mistress MT in 2015. I'm really curious how this entire pattern of behaviour fits under the category description as being 'nice'? Perhaps there is a different definition of 'nice' behaviour in Greek vs English? Lest this rant is perceived as related to Yankee Puritanism I can assure you this is far from the case here. The affair/s and MT really were minor sins relative to the rest of the behaviour over a long term period inflicted on his family and his wife which were then compounded by his 2 year act in Family Court. I would be hard pressed to find anything 'nice' or 'decent' or 'humane' in any of the Fd behaviour towards his family from 2010 onward. But yet Rena describes her 'brother' as NICE.....NICEST PERSON I KNOW.
But I was so bothered by the use of the word 'nice' that I took a second to then look at the history of the word and low and behold found out the following from Merriam Webster:
Word History Five hundred years ago, when nice was first used in English, it meant "foolish or stupid." This is not as surprising as it may seem, since it came through early French from the Latin nescius, meaning "ignorant." By the 16th century, the sense of being "very particular" or "finicky" had developed. In the 19th century, nicecame to mean "pleasant or agreeable" and then "respectable," a sense quite unlike its original meaning.
Ok, if Rena is describing her brother as "foolish or stupid" I'm good with that as that shoe fits Fd perfectly IMO and further if she was thinking along the lines of "ignorant" then all the better too as that certainly described Fd perfectly as well! Sadly I don't think Rena was using the historical meaning of 'nice' but for a nanosecond I had hope that she sees her brother for what he has done. But sadly it appears she and the rest of the "Greek Family" are cut from the same cloth as Fd which I guess shouldn't surprise anyone. I really do wonder how a person sits across the table from someone while sipping wine over a holiday meal and can look them in the eye knowing what they have been accused of doing is absolutely heinous? It almost eirily seems like sitting down to a meal with Hannibal Lecter.....good luck with that!
I feel like we have entered a 'parallel universe' here where perps with money and bracelets get to spend the holidays outside of jail as if nothing in the world has changed for them. Meanwhile victims family members in this tragedy spend this holiday season sadly not much closer to seeing justice for the loss of their mother. Something seems horribly wrong with this entire picture IMO and I'm not sure what State Atty Colangelo is thinking regarding extending privileges at all.
MOO