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The attorney for Fotis Dulos on Monday asked the state’s highest court to revoke a gag order imposed by a judge, saying it infringes on Dulos’ constitutional right to defend himself against the constant speculation that he murdered his missing, estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos.
Dulos charges that the order was imposed without a proper hearing or attempt to determine what the order’s impact would have on his right to a fair trial.
In a 40-page brief filed to the...

Fotis Dulos is trying once again to get access to the medical records of his estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, this time alleging in court papers that a recent medical bill he received shows she saw a doctor in early July — nearly two months after she disappeared.
The new invoice, called an explanation of benefits, was from the same New York City medical group that is seeking payment of more than $300 from Dulos’ insurance provider. A motion, filed in Superior Court in...

The state Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Fotis Dulos to have a gag order imposed by a Stamford judge revoked because it hinders his ability to fight allegations that he had something to do with the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos.
Chief Justice Richard Robinson granted attorney Norm Pattis’ application to have the state’s highest court review the gag order put in place on Sept. 12 by Judge John Blawie. Pattis must now file a legal brief by Oct....

The Hartford Courant has asked the state’s highest court to hear an appeal of the gag order issued by a Superior Court judge in the criminal case against Fotis Dulos, estranged husband of missing New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, arguing that it exceeds the court’s authority and amounts to prior restraint of free speech.
The filing on behalf the Courant comes a week after Dulos’ attorney, Norm Pattis, asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to lift a Sept. 12 gag...

For Jennifer Farber Dulos and her closest friends, her birthday every Sept. 27 was as much a milestone that marked the end of the hectic first month of school with their children settling into another year as it was a birthday celebration.
Friends said Farber Dulos spent much more time planning birthday parties for her five children, including two sets of twins, than she ever did planning for her own. For her 50th birthday last year, there was no big party — she celebrated as she...

Michelle Troconis refused to answer questions this week about the finances of her boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, and his homebuilding company Fore Group Inc. during a deposition Wednesday in a lawsuit over outstanding loans, an attorney representing Dulos’ former in-laws wrote in a motion asking a judge to compel Troconis to talk.
Attorney Richard Weinstein sought to question Troconis, 45, Wednesday on her knowledge about Dulos’ company, Fore Group Inc., in a civil matter that...

The attorney for Fotis Dulos asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a Superior Court judge’s “unprecedented gag order” that silences lawyers, police and even potential witnesses in his criminal case, saying it unfairly hamstrings his attempt to defend Dulos against almost daily accusations that he murdered his estranged wife.
In a brief filed Wednesday, Norm Pattis said the state has been allowed to use two arrest warrant affidavits charging Dulos with...

For a second time, police this week arrested and charged Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, in connection with the May 24 disappearance of Dulos’ estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos.
Dulos, 52, a luxury home builder, was taken into custody at his Farmington home about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Troconis, 44, turned herself in to state police at the Troop G barracks in Bridgeport.
Both are free after posting bail and are scheduled to appear in Superior Court in...

Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon and charged for a second time with tampering with evidence, police said.
Western District Major Crimes Detectives arrested him about 2:30 p.m. at his house in Farmington, which is also the headquarters of his luxury home-building company.
In an arrest warrant released late Wednesday, investigators outlined for the first time their theory of how Dulos...

An arrest warrant released late Wednesday outlines for the first time state police investigators’ theory of how Fotis Dulos might have killed his estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos, saying he ambushed her after she dropped their five children at school in New Canaan on May 24.
The 43-page arrest warrant affidavit details how state police investigators used a variety of video surveillance systems to chart how they believe Dulos traveled from his Farmington home to Farber...