Was a Connecticut Judge Biased Because of 'Threats' From a Blogger?
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This article was first published in the Frank Report on March 22, 2023. Click on the link to read it in full. Below is a summary.
Riordan Files Motion Claiming Fraud, Bias By CT Family Court Judge Adelman; Law Enforcement Affidavit Provides Evidence
Karen Riordan, a mother of three, has filed a motion in the Connecticut Family Court to throw out her divorce judgment against disgraced Hollywood writer Christopher Ambrose.
Riordan alleges that Judge Gerard I. Adelman committed judicial fraud, bias, prejudice, dishonesty, impropriety, lack of impartiality, and misconduct, poisoning the original proceedings with constitutional violations executed under the color of state dissolution law.
She claims that Judge Adelman committed serious First Amendment violations, including the rights to free association, free expression, and religious freedom. Riordan says Adelman was remarkably biased and “prejudiced by predetermined beliefs and viewpoint discrimination defeating [the] right to a fair trial.”
Her claims are supported by an affidavit of Michael A. Sponheimer, Jr., Senior Special Agent, Virginia State Police, which details the efforts of Connecticut law enforcement to take down Paul Boyne, the administrator of Family Court Circus, in cooperation with their Virginia brethren, at the behest of a veritable “Who’s Who” of Connecticut Judges and some CT Divorce lawyers.
Boyne's website has been a stone in Judge Adelman’s and Connecticut Family Court’s shoes for a while. The website calls the court “The most evil court in the land and the monsters who control it” and has "nasty criticism and rants" against the court, its judges, and its personnel.
Several judges gave unequivocal impact statements. Judge Jane Grossman said she was distraught and Boyne’s website has “changed the way she thinks about work and home” since Boyne, in an article called “Judge Grotesque,” describes shooting her through the windows of her home by someone hiding in the woods behind her house.
Boyne's blogging, including an article called “Adelshit,” was harmful and criminal, “advocating physical violence, laced with bigoted threats, against specific attorneys and judges,” according to Judge Adelman’s statement. Boyne was arrested, and his computers were seized.
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