Silver Alert CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #32

[sleuth66]

Disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos will hang over civil trial pitting her mother against her estranged husband
The trial before Judge Cesar Noble would decide whether Dulos owes the estate of Hillard Farber, Farber Dulos’ father who died in 2016, about $2.54 million.

Attorney Richard Weinstein, who is representing Gloria Farber, Farber Dulos’ mother, will argue that loans made to Dulos’ home building company between 2004 and 2016 must be paid back to the estate while attorney William Murray, who is representing Dulos, will argue he owes nothing because the money from his then-father-in-law were gifts to help him with his business.

Dulos has been arrested twice in connection with his wife’s disappearance. He faces charges of tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. He is free on a combined $1 million bond.
Dulos’ criminal defense attorney, Norm Pattis, said he will be present at the trial to ensure that Weinstein doesn’t ask his client questions about the disappearance of Farber Dulos.

There are some factual errors in the article and some statements that are attributed to court documents that I’m not sure are accurate. For example that there’s video of JDs “white” Suburban leaving Welles Ln, and that there’s video of FD disposing of a car mat up against a wall that “matches a mat missing from JDs Suburban” according to court documents. Do we know about that match? Have we just not seen those court documents and DA has? The white Suburban error makes me think it’s just sloppy. We know DA has been sloppy and a hawker for NP.

 

[Tink56]

I love Atty. Weinstein!!!!!

JMHO YMMV

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And, there's a special place in hello for attorneys like Mr. Murray....the gall!

 

[Daisyeve]

And, there's a special place in hello for attorneys like Mr. Murray....the gall!

Hopefully the judge will not allow these two bully attorneys ,(NP and Murray), to act unprofessionally in court. What sad examples they are to people counting on attorneys to be honest and have integrity.

 

[Annicade]

Murray and NP are using scare tactics and trying their hardest to spew reasonable doubt with those inappropriate questions. Laughing stocks. There will be a proper time and place for those questions soon once FD is on trial for the murder of Jennifer!

 

[HopeForTheBest]

And the fact that FD was conveniently out of the country when this occurred. Too convenient if you ask me. MOO

I think it says a LOT (and nothing good) about FD that he even thought to tell the police right away that his mother had no assets and that he was out of the country. MOO.

 

[HopeForTheBest]

Not sure if this clarifies much, but here you go! :
The Connecticut statute allows a plaintiff in a civil action to obtain security for the claim, in the form of an attachment, garnishment and/or replevin, at any time before final judgment, if the court finds “there is probable cause that a judgment in the amount of the prejudgment remedy sought, or in an amount greater than the amount of the prejudgment remedy sought, taking into account any defenses, counterclaims or set-offs, will be rendered in the matter in favor of the plaintiff."

PJR applications are commonly accompanied by the plaintiff’s statutory motion for disclosure of assets. If the court finds probable cause, and if the plaintiff does not already know of Connecticut assets against which the consequent PJR may be enforced, the court usually requires the defendant to disclose Connecticut assets sufficient to secure the probable cause amount.
- https://www.shipmangoodwin.com/file...81ab-1065b0858818/ct_prejudgment_11122003.pdf

CT law:
“Prejudgment remedy” means any remedy or combination of remedies that enables a person by way of attachment, foreign attachment, garnishment or replevin to deprive the defendant in a civil action of, or affect the use, possession or enjoyment by such defendant of, his property prior to final judgment but shall not include a temporary restraining order.
- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_903a.htm

I think this does indeed help! We’ll see how much I absorbed based on whether I have this right or not! Is this like a deposit, escrow, or security bond sort of so that if the plaintiff does prevail, this money at least is there for the plaintiff just in case otherwise the defendant might go spend it, put it in a car on its way to Greece, or something? MOO.

 

[LosAngeles]

I understand that the differences between a criminal case vs. a civil case are similar in the state of California as in the state of Connecticut (criminal ~ prove "beyond a reasonable doubt"; civil ~ prove by a lower standard "likely than not that something occurred"); meaning criminal and civil cases are treated very differently, so wondering if, in the state of Connecticut, can the same conduct that led to a murder trial (criminal) also lead to a wrongful death trial (civil) as in the State of California O.J. Simpson case?

 

[Tink56]

Some "warm-up" articles about today's civil trial:
Includes the deposition transcript...
Fotis Dulos could take the stand in Hartford for civil case Tuesday
Nice explanation...Sara Knight
Civil lawsuit against Fotis Dulos set to begin in Hartford

 

[sds71]

Dulos has arrived at Hartford Superior Court for the start of the civil trial. Fotis is expected to take the stand & testify at some point. Defense attorney Norm Pattis is also here to ensure his client isn’t asked questions about his wife’s disappearance.
@News12CT

Dulos has arrived for the civil trial at Hartford civil court accompanied by his sister from Greece. Three of his attorneys are present right now including Norm Pattis.
The expectation is that attorney Richard Weinstein will call Fotis Dulos as the first witness to get his story on the record before he lets Dulos see what other evidence he will present.
@davealtimari

 

[Jmoose]

Dulos has arrived at Hartford Superior Court for the start of the civil trial. Fotis is expected to take the stand & testify at some point. Defense attorney Norm Pattis is also here to ensure his client isn’t asked questions about his wife’s disappearance.
@News12CT

Dulos has arrived for the civil trial at Hartford civil court accompanied by his sister from Greece. Three of his attorneys are present right now including Norm Pattis.
The expectation is that attorney Richard Weinstein will call Fotis Dulos as the first witness to get his story on the record before he lets Dulos see what other evidence he will present.
@davealtimari

Thank you for being all over this

 

[sds71]

263.00 12/03/2019 D BRIEF

Pretrial Brief
http://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=18243051

264.00 12/03/2019 D AMENDED ANSWER AND SPECIAL DEFENSE

to Third Amended Complaint
http://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=18243052

 

[sds71]

@SpencerSays
We also learned last night that a deposition for a former Dulos bookkeeper and Nanny focused on some questions in the criminal case. Nanny was asked several questions about where she was when Jennifer disappeared, as well as the children’s bodyguards and if any were Albanian.

 

[sds71]

@davealtimari


Trial underway and Weinstein calls attorney John Schmitt who was executor of Hillard Farbers estate but is better known as Bill Cosby’s lawyer.
Weinstein was using Schmitt to just get some documents into evidence including Hillard Farbers will and a new trust that was established in 2019 after Jennifer Dulos disappeared.

 

[sds71]

@MarissaAlter
Next witness in the Farber/Dulos is the accountant who prepared the tax returns for the Fore Group, Fotis Dulos’ home building business.
Accountant testifies that the 2016 tax return included notation of a 2 million dollar loan from Hilliard Farber, Jennifer Dulos’ father.
He then goes through the Fore Group’s previous years’ tax returns, which also note loans from Hilliard Farber

 

[sds71]

estate lawyer testified that Hilliard Farber set up trust in his will to collect unpaid loan amount from Fotis.

loans from Farber fluctuated between $2.9 million and $1.7 million from 2007 to 2017

Accountant now testifying that Fore Group (Dulos' construction company) listed $2.24 million loan from Farber on tax returns

 

[sds71]

Joseph Urbanksi the Dulos accountant said in 2017 when he showed Dulos the tax return dulos asked him to move the $1.74 million loan amount from accounts payable to equity and when Urbanski refused he found someone else to do the tax return.

 

[LosAngeles]

Any idea who the second accountant is? The one who signed off on the alleged fraudulent tax return?

 

[sds71]

We just heard from Fotis Dulos’ sister Rena. She said her brother could not have harmed Jennifer.
Ashley Afonso on Twitter

 

[sds71]

@Reporter_Savino
Accountant also concerned because Dulos listed himself as 100 percent owner of Fore every year. Then he wanted 2017 return to reflect someone else having equity to remove outstanding loan
2nd Accountant testifying now he couldn't find backup documents to verify some payments Dulos claimed he made

 

[citygirl]

We just heard from Fotis Dulos’ sister Rena. She said her brother could not have harmed Jennifer.
Ashley Afonso on Twitter

I thought I saw his sister walking in with him.