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“It was not a loan”—Fotis Dulos repeats himself on witness stand as attorneys pour over financial records involving Farbers, Fore Group
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Fotis Dulos testifies at civil trial in financial dispute with mother of estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, missing since May

 

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@MarissaAlter
*Testimony has ended for the day in the Farber/Dulos civil case. It’ll start back up again tomorrow morning with Dulos back on the stand. We haven’t gotten to Richard Weinstein’s cross of Dulos yet.
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Fotis Dulos arrives in court to testify in civil case | Daily Mail Online

Dec 3, 2019

Fotis Dulos was funding a jet-set lifestyle for him and his girlfriend Michelle Troconis for years before he and his now missing wife Jennifer started divorce proceedings, it was claimed on Tuesday at a civil trial over $2.5million he allegedly owes his in-laws.

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While he awaits his next court appearance in the criminal case, Dulos is simultaneously being sued by his ex-wife's mother, Gloria Farber, who says he owes her $2.5million in unpaid loans.

The lawsuit was filed in January 2018, 18 months before Jennifer disappeared.

In a risky and unorthodox move on Tuesday, Fotis decided to take the stand in that case, despite exposing himself to questions about Jennifer, their marriage and their life which could later be used against him in the criminal trial.

A forensic accountant also told the court he had been paying for flights for him, Troconis, and Troconis' son [daughter] to exotic locations since 2015 - two years before Jennifer filed for divorce.

He and Troconis had been having an affair but he resolved to save his marriage after Jennifer found out. She then later filed for divorce.

According to The New York Post, Dulos was surprised when the flights were brought up in court on Tuesday.

His criminal attorney, Norm Pattis, who was there to watch the proceedings, put his head in his hands, the newspaper reported.

Fotis himself took the stand.

He was at first questioned about his business and his relationship with his late father-in-law, Hilliard, who he said was 'like a second father to him'.

He said that in the beginning, the money was intended as a loan but that as he progressed in business, Hilliard said he no longer had to pay him back.

While it was not about Jennifer's disappearance, anything he says about their marriage could be used as part of the criminal case.

Early on Tuesday morning, his attorney Norm Pattis told CBS This Morning: 'These commercial transactions took place years ago.

'We don't think they shed any light whatsoever on the criminal allegations,' he said.

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He has dismissed their claims in interviews saying he does not owe them anything.

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The first witness called on Tuesday was retired attorney John Schmitt who was the executor of Jennifer's late father, Hilliard's, estate.

Next was an accountant who said in a 2016 tax return, Fotis noted in company documents a loan from Hilliard for $2million.

The next year, the accountant claims Fotis asked him to move it from accounts payable to equity. When he refused, Fotis, he alleged, had someone else do it.

 

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Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
HAPPENING TODAY: the civil trial that sets Jennifer Dulos’ mother, Gloria Farber, against her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, begins in Hartford. Farber is suing Dulos for more than $2.5 million in back payments for loans that helped finance his home building business. @News12CT

5:57 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Dulos’ attorney is expected to argue he owes nothing because the money from his then-in-laws were gifts. I’ll be in court and have updates on @News12CT.

5:58 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Fotis 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

6:21 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Farber/Dulos case begins with retired attorney John Schmitt taking the stand. He’s the executor of Hilliard Farber’s estate. @News12CT

7:08 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Next witness in the Farber/Dulos is the accountant who prepared the tax returns for the Fore Group, Fotis Dulos’ home building business. @News12CT

7:19 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Accountant testifies that the 2016 tax return included notation of a 2 million dollar loan from Hilliard Farber, Jennifer Dulos’ father. @News12CT

7:22 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
The accountant also says that with the 2017 tax return, Fotis Dulos asked him to move the loan amount from accounts payable to equity. The account said he did not agree to do that so Fotis got someone else to do so and file the return. @News12CT

7:48 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Next witness in Farber/Dulos civil case is attorney Mark Dean, trustee gif estate set up by Gloria Farber for funds owed. @News12CT

7:54 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Fotis Dulos has just taken the stand. Richard Weinstein rested his case. Dulos is the first witness for the defense. Begins by talking about his business. @news12ct

9:17 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Fotis Dulos says Jennifer's father, Hilliard Farber, was "like a second father to me," incredibly supportive of the business, and encouraged him to start the business. @News12CT

9:19 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Fotis Dulos testifies that I’m the beginning, the money arrangement with Hilliard Farber contained promisorry notes. But the relationship changed as Farber gained more confidence in him. In 2010, “there was no obligation to pay any of the funds that were advanced.” @News12CT

9:59 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Fotis Dulos' sister is also here for the civil trial. She told us, "He’s the nicest person I know. He’s a very, very good person." When asked if he could've hurt Jennifer Dulos, she said, “Oh no, no, no, not possible. To everyone who knows him, this is obvious." @News12CT

10:57 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Dulos' attorney again asks Fotis about how the business relationship between him and Hilliard Farber changed. Dulos says in 2010, after the birth of his 5th child, Farber told him that in the future, "any advancements were not loans." @News12CT

11:09 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Dulos also says money claimed by the plaintiff as loans were actually payments to Dulos for work he did building the Farbers a guest house on their Pound Ridge, NY property. @News12CT

11:26 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Dulos' attorney has produced invoices that show this--invoices that appear to be a surprise to the plaintiff's attorney, Richard Weinstein. He says those were never turned over to him until this morning.

11:27 AM - 3 Dec 2019

Marissa Alter‏Verified account @MarissaAlter
Testimony has ended for the day in the Farber/Dulos civil case. It’ll start back up again tomorrow morning with Dulos back on the stand. We haven’t gotten to Richard Weinstein’s cross of Dulos yet. @News12CT

1:19 PM - 3 Dec 2019

 

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Fotis Dulos testifies in loan dispute lawsuit involving missing wife’s mother

 

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Fotis Dulos testifies in loan dispute lawsuit involving missing wife’s mother

 

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HC Visual Timeline of JD Disappearance link:
Timeline: The day Jennifer Farber Dulos disappeared and the events in the week that followed

Note: Source for Housekeeper reference by HC as being at Welles property at Noon on 5/24 is NOT provided by HC.

 

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FD AW2 Full version link:
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/wp-con.../2019/09/Dulos-Press-Release-with-Warrant.pdf

 

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FD AW1 Full version link:
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...rants/6d596144af51cba22c02/optimized/full.pdf

 

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Jennifer Dulos case: Flamboyant ‘high-wire act’ the norm for Pattis

References to comments by CT DV experts comments on case and Atty. P. tactics regarding victim

 

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@AshleyAfonso
civil trial involving Fotis Dulos and Gloria Farber gets underway this morning. Yesterday we heard from Fotis on the stand. Take a listen.
*short video of him on stand
Ashley Afonso on Twitter

Ashley Afonso (@AshleyAfonso) Tweeted:
Fotis Dulos walking into court for Day 2 of civil trial. When asked about day one he said, “We’ll see what happens today.” Ashley Afonso on Twitter

Ashley Afonso on Twitter

 

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“Murray also presented records that showed the Fore Group had built an 1,800-square-foot guest house on the family’s Pound Ridge, N.Y., property and that some of the bills for that hadn’t been paid. State police searched the Pound Ridge property after Farber Dulos disappeared. It is located only minutes from her New Canaan home.

During Monday’s proceedings, the trustee of the Farber estate, attorney Mark Dean, acknowledged that payments hadn’t been made and testified that he’d shave the debt by about a third — to $1.7 million — because of that.

Weinstein objected to the bank records and the invoices from the guest house coming in as evidence because he said they hadn’t been turned over to the plaintiff during discovery and had only been shown to him that morning. But Judge Noble ruled that his subpoena for Fore Group records was ambiguous and only sought records from 2010; many of the ones presented Tuesday were prior to that.”
New documents show Fotis Dulos was more than $4 million in debt weeks before his estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos disappeared

 

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@_ShannonMiller
Fotis Dulos takes the stand again for Day Two in the civil trial. Dulos’ attorney bringing up promissory note btwn. he Jennifer Dulos and Hilliard Farber

@AishaMbTV
Plaintiff begins questions to #FotisDulos by asking “Mr. Dulos are in the lending business?” Attorneys today continue directing their questions towards invoices, spreadsheets and...SabinaKuriakose
Fotis Dulos testifying about the tens of thousands of dollars that flowed between him, his missing wife Jennifer, and each of her parents Gloria/Hiliard

@AishaMbTV

A lot of back and forth right now about a $1250 monthly payment #FotisDulos says Jennifer, Gloria, Hilliard Farber and himself agreed upon and whether it should’ve been applied to the principle “gifts”.

 

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@MarissaAlter

Richard Weinstein again arguing that documents, this time credit card statements, were never disclosed to the plaintiff until today. Brief recess to try to sort out potential discovery issues.

 

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New @Reporter_Savino

Court taking recess. Plaintiffs complaining about credit card statements Dulos and his lawyer trying to enter as evidence. Plaintiffs say statements should have been turned over in discovery.


Dulos also says monthly payment was supposed to go only to loan principal, and not interest.

So far this morning, Dulos contesting Plaintiffs' calculation on outstanding loan balance. He says calculation didn't include gifts from Farbers that should have lowered principal.

 

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Marissa Alter on Twitter

Farber/Dulos trial resumes with Fotis Dulos back on the stand being questioned by his attorney about his company’s finances. @News12CT

Marissa Alter on Twitter

Richard Weinstein again arguing that documents, this time credit card statements, were never disclosed to the plaintiff until today. Brief recess to try to sort out potential discovery issues. @News12CT

 

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@Reporter_Savino
Plaintiffs withdraw objection

 

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@AishaMbTV

On the stand #FotisDulos says he did use his credit cards for both business and personal and would only reimburse himself for business expenses when it came to Fore Group Inc funds

@MarissaAlter

As Fotis Dulos goes through his financials, he notes a payment to worker Pawel Gumienny. That name should be familiar to those of you following the criminal case. Gumienny was the Fore Group employee whose truck Dulos allegedly used the morning Jennifer disappeared.
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New @AishaMbTV

Yesterday a paralegal on the stand said they found #FotisDulos reimbursed himself more than 2 million. Today Fotis says there are discrepancies in her calculations and all his reimbursements were business expenses.
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@davealtimari
Fotis Dulos back on the stand and he has produced AMEX records that weren’t produced previously which show that he repaid the Fore Group for some of expenses that were listed yesterday by attorney Weinstein as personal expenses.

 

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@SabinaKuriakose
Dulos and his attorney can’t get on same page, literally—spending time trying to figure out correct page of financial records his lawyer wants to talk about. Plaintiff’s attorney even offered up his own copy
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@AishaMbTV

Plaintiff asking #fotisdulos how he obtained Jennifer Dulos’ account records after July 2017 and why he still has access to it. Fotis says he had them in his office. The account was used to pay a Fore Group employee in the past
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@MarissaAlter
We've moved on to Fotis Dulos being asked about babysitter Lauren Almeida who gave a deposition in this case. She remains with the children in NYC. Dulos says Almeida was employed by the Fore Group from 2013-2015.
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