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Michelle Troconis back in court on contempt charge, as she files petition ahead of appeal
Michelle Troconis was back in Stamford Superior Court Monday. Attorneys are still working toward a resolution on her contempt charge, but there has also been movement on her appeal. The appearance was brief, and no offers are on the table at this point related to her contempt charge. “No offer...
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Updated on September 16, 2024 at 8:52 pm
The decision on a resolution or trial for the contempt charge is still up in the air, but Troconis is due back in court November 13, at which time, attorneys seemed confident a decision could be ready.
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Troconis back in court on contempt charge, as she files petition ahead of appeal
Michelle Troconis was back in Stamford Superior Court Monday. Attorneys are still working toward a resolution on her contempt charge, but there has also been movement on her appeal. The appearance was brief, and no offers are on the table at this point related to her contempt charge. “No offer...
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Michelle Troconis is expected to go to trial in March 2025 for a contempt of court charge.
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7:00 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Michelle Troconis is expected to go to trial in March 2025 for a contempt of court charge.
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MORE TROCONIS: Michelle Troconis' family spoke briefly after the hearing about their continued push to get her conviction overturned. Troconis filed a habeus corpus petition, alleging violations of her consitutional rights during the Jennifer Dulos investigation.
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1:58 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Carlos Troconis: "My daughter's wrongful conviction resulted from a violation of her constitutional rights, ineffective counsel & denial of due process. The state failed to perform on the agreement in exchange for her cooperation. Another suspect was granted immunity."
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2:01 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Daniela Troconis: "My sister is innocent, and she's paying the price of the crimes of others. Critical evidence to her defense was excluded from the trial, leading to a misinformed jury & an unjust conviction. What you think you know about my sister is a fabrication."
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2:03 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Marisela Troconis: "Even in incarceration, my sister continues to bring light & her lifelong dedication to serving others by learning Braille to transcribe books for visually impaired children in CT. She remains a caring presence even under difficult circumstances."
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2:05 PM · Nov 13, 2024
BREAKING: Michelle Troconis’ trial in the contempt case has been set for March 11. Troconis didn’t waive her right to a jury trial yet, but her attorney Robert Frost said it’s likely she will go with a bench trial.
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11:43 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Troconis is accused of displaying a sealed custody report from the Dulos divorce case on her laptop during her trial in connection to the disappearance and death of Jennifer Dulos.
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11:45 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Troconis appeared in Stamford Superior Court today for a hearing in the case regarding motions filed by the defense. One was to subpoena the videographer that recorded the trial, who lives in Massachusetts. To testify for the defense at trial. That was granted.
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11:47 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Another motion had to do with a request for a “bill of particulars,” and whether the state is alleging the crime was Troconis’ mere possession of the report or her publicly displaying it with purpose of getting that information out.
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11:50 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Asst. State’s Attorney Elizabeth Moran said the state will be moving forward with both theories at trial.
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11:52 AM · Nov 13, 2024
The defense also requested a copy of court orders sealing the report, which Moran said she’ll work on getting to them.
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11:55 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Of particular note, defense attorney Robert Frost saying, “I’m surprised this is still being pursued.” His belief is this charge all boils down to the videographer shooting something he was told not to, Troconis’ laptop.
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12:00 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Moran disputed that, saying the case isn’t just about that. She pointed out the state was alerted to the report by an audience member in court, not from someone who saw the livestream. It was only when the state investigated that they saw the report on the livestream.
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Trial date set in Michelle Troconis contempt case
Michelle Troconis appeared in Stamford Superior Court Wednesday for a hearing in the contempt case, during which Judge Alex Hernadez set a trial date of March 11.
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11/13/24
The woman convicted in the disappearance and presumed death of Jennifer Dulos will go on trial again - now for the contempt charge she's facing. Michelle Troconis appeared in Stamford Superior Court Wednesday for a hearing in the contempt case, during which Judge Alex Hernadez set a trial date of March 11. Troconis’ attorney, Robert Frost, told the judge he expects it will be a bench trial, but his client wasn’t waiving her right to a jury trial yet.
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In court Wednesday, both sides discussed motions made by the defense, including one for a bill for particulars, requesting specifics on the charges beyond what's in the arrest warrant in order to prepare trial.
“It was not clear to me whether the state was alleging a contempt that was based on mere possession of the sealed custody evaluation report or what seemed to be the thrust of the arrest warrant,” Frost stated, “that Ms. Troconis had put a portion of the report or a page of the report on her laptop in an effort to essentially disseminate it publicly.”
Assistant State's Attorney Elizabeth Moran said the state would be proceeding on both theories—possession of and publicizing the sealed document. A new charging document details that with Troconis now facing two counts of contempt of court.
Frost also requested the court orders that Troconis is accused of violating. Initially, the custody report was sealed in 2019 by Judge Donna Heller, who presided over the Dulos divorce case. But it came up before and during the trial several times with Judge Kevin Randolph reiterating the report would remain sealed despite the defense’s attempts to get it admitted.
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When will Kent Mawhinney trial start in Jennifer Dulos case?
Although Michelle Troconis has been convicted and sentenced in the 2019 disappearance and death of Jennifer Dulos, court proceedings will likely continue for years.[..]
Mawhinney has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy to commit murder charge. He is taking his case to trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
He is accused of trying to provide an alibi for Fotis Dulos the morning of the disappearance.
Troconis is appealing her conviction as she serves her sentence in York Correctional Institution. She also was arrested three times during the case, including on charges that she tampered with evidence and hindered prosecution. A jury convicted her on all counts. State Superior Court Judge Kevin Randolph, who oversaw the trial, dismissed one of the tampering with evidence charges, calling it redundant.
Prosecutors, however, are appealing the dismissal, saying the judge erred when he dropped the charge.
The appeals from both sides remain pending.
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Michelle Troconis' contempt case is delayed after brief court appearance
Michelle Troconis made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday in connection with a contempt of court charge that was filed while she was on trial in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of Jennifer Dulos. Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five who was living in New Canaan...
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She also has a new attorney in that case, who raised concerns about the charge, including about when the document had actually been sealed and that any order about it had not been directed to Troconis.
In July, while in York Correctional Institution, Troconis wrote a letter to NBC Connecticut’s Shannon Miller to address the case.
The four-page letter details in part how Troconis claims Fotis Dulos deceived her and other people who were a part of his ongoing divorce and custody case. It also addresses what’s at the center of the criminal contempt case -- the sealed custody study report involving Fotis and his estranged wife, which investigators said Troconis had illegally displayed on her laptop during her criminal trial.
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Darnell Crosland is now representing Troconis in this case.
“Michelle didn’t disseminate it,” Crosland said. “Her attorneys have this report. This report was made clear by the GAL Meehan that it was not to be sealed or to be made private until months later.”
A trial on the matter was originally set for next month, but she now is due back in court on April 18.
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Warrant: Video confirms sealed custody report was on Michelle Troconis’ laptop at trial
Troconis was officially charged with criminal contempt of court after the verdict came down for allegedly displaying a court-sealed custody report pertaining to the Dulos divorce case on her laptop.connecticut.news12.com
March 7, 2024
Troconis was officially charged with criminal contempt of court after the verdict came down for allegedly displaying a court-sealed custody report pertaining to the Dulos divorce case on her laptop.
The report was part of the ongoing contentious custody battle between Jennifer and Fotis Dulos. It was completed in April 2019, but neither party was allowed to have a copy of it.
The guardian ad litem for the five Dulos children said each parent and their attorney had to come to his office to view the evaluation. The following month a family court judge sealed the report just before Jennifer Dulos vanished.
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On May 26, 2021, Judge John Blawie ruled Troconis’ defense counsel could get a copy of the sealed report but with the restriction that it could not be shared. The State’s Attorney’s Office said Troconis was present for that proceeding.
Troconis knowingly violated a court order by “unlawfully possessing the document that she knew was sealed from herself and the public, uploading it to her computer and displaying it in open court in the direct line of sight of media personnel currently live streaming the proceedings,” the warrant stated.
During the trial, News 12 asked attorney Jon Schoenhorn if his client had the report, “to my knowledge she does not have that report. She did not get it from me. Let's put it that way.”
His co-counsel, attorney Audrey Felsen, sat beside Troconis at trial, including when the alleged document was on her screen. But Felsen told the court she didn’t know anything about it.
“I have not reviewed the report in its entirety. I’ve never seen it on a computer. I have reviewed the last four or five pages that I was provided, and they were in paper form. I can say that I have never shared the contents of the report with Ms. Troconis. I don't know in fact whether she was reading from a memo or what it was,” Felsen told the judge.
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State not moving forward with conspiracy to commit murder charge for Kent Mawhinney in Dulos case
Mawhinney is the former attorney and friend of Fotis Dulos. He was accused of conspiring with Fotis Dulos to kill Jennifer Dulos.
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6/13/25
Jeffrey Kestenband, one of Mawhinney's attorneys, said the murder of Jennifer Dulos was senseless.
"We want to express our condolences to her five children," said Kestenband.
State's Attorney Paul Ferencek said that despite the judge finding probable cause for the warrant in 2020 and an investigation by the State's Attorney's Office, the state doesn't have the evidence to prove a conspiracy to commit murder charge.
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BREAKING NEWS: The state will not move forward with the conspiracy to commit murder case against Kent Mawhinney in the disappearance and death of Jennifer Dulos. Instead, Mawhinney today pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of interfering with an officer.
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8:31 AM · Jun 13, 2025
The sentence is 11 months in prison, which Mawhinney has already served.
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8:32 AM · Jun 13, 2025
Jeffrey Kestenband, one of Mawhinney’s attorneys, said the murder of Jennifer Dulos was senseless, and “We want to express our condolences to her five children.”
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8:36 AM · Jun 13, 2025
The family and friends of Jennifer Farber Dulos released a statement on Friday afternoon.
"We want to thank the state’s attorney’s office—in particular, Paul Ferencek, Michelle Manning, and Sean McGuinness—for their long-term commitment to this case and their careful consideration in seeking justice. We also express deep gratitude to the investigators and other law enforcement personnel for their dedication.
"Today’s development does not absolve Kent Mawhinney of conspiracy to murder. His arrest warrant includes evidence sufficient to bring that charge, but the burden of proof is great by necessity. The conspiracy charge was dropped for multiple reasons, including the fact that another lengthy, complex jury trial would come at a substantial cost, financial as well as emotional, to all involved. We are in full support of the state’s attorneys’ decision.
"Recently, we marked the six-year milestone of Jennifer’s disappearance. Many questions remain. It is clear that Jennifer was the victim of a systematically planned, ruthlessly executed murder, and her body still has not been found. We believe that someone possesses additional knowledge about where she is, and we hope fervently that they will come forward with that information.
"We miss Jennifer every day, in every way, and ask that you please respect the privacy of her family and loved ones. Thank you," Carrie Luft said in a statement on behalf of the family and friends of Jennifer Farber Dulos.
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"We want to thank the state’s attorney’s office—in particular, Paul Ferencek, Michelle Manning, and Sean McGuinness—for their long-term commitment to this case and their careful consideration in seeking justice. We also express deep gratitude to the investigators and other law enforcement personnel for their dedication.
"Today’s development does not absolve Kent Mawhinney of conspiracy to murder. His arrest warrant includes evidence sufficient to bring that charge, but the burden of proof is great by necessity. The conspiracy charge was dropped for multiple reasons, including the fact that another lengthy, complex jury trial would come at a substantial cost, financial as well as emotional, to all involved. We are in full support of the state’s attorneys’ decision.
"Recently, we marked the six-year milestone of Jennifer’s disappearance. Many questions remain. It is clear that Jennifer was the victim of a systematically planned, ruthlessly executed murder, and her body still has not been found. We believe that someone possesses additional knowledge about where she is, and we hope fervently that they will come forward with that information.
"We miss Jennifer every day, in every way, and ask that you please respect the privacy of her family and loved ones. Thank you," Carrie Luft said in a statement on behalf of the family and friends of Jennifer Farber Dulos.
Family of Jennifer Farber Dulos releases statement after Kent Mawhinney pleads guilty to reduced charge
The state reduced the charges against Kent Mawhinney, an attorney who was charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos, and Jennifer’s family released a statement after he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge. They said they support of the state’s attorney’s decision...
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