News for Norm Pattis
In a motion filed late Thursday, attorneys for Fotis Dulos are seeking to preserve all evidence police gathered at their client’s Farmington home following his apparent suicide attempt this week.
Fotis Dulos, who died Thursday at a New York hospital, left a note stating he was not involved in the death and disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, according to the court document.
“He declared his innocence of the infamous and heinous crimes that the state has...
Fotis Dulos clung to life for more than 48 hours after his apparent suicide attempt before he died late Thursday afternoon, according to his attorney.
Attorney Norm Pattis said his client died at 5:32 p.m. Thursday at Jacobi Medical Center in New York, where he had been on life support and surrounded by family, friends and his legal team.
A source close to him confirmed earlier on Thursday that Dulos left a note proclaiming his innocence in the death and disappearance of his...
A sudden shift in the defense’s strategy could mean the Jennifer Dulos homicide case heads to trial this year.
Defense attorney Norm Pattis, representing Fotis Dulos on murder, felony murder, kidnapping and other charges in connection with his estranged wife’s death, said he will waive his client’s right to a probable cause hearing when they appear Thursday in state Superior Court in Stamford.
“We are trying to get this case ready for trial as quickly as...
As Christmas Eve will mark seven months since Jennifer Dulos vanished, her estranged husband reiterated in a Fox News Channel interview broadcast nationally on Monday that he does not owe her family any money and that he misses his five children.
Fotis Dulos, who is charged in his estranged wife’s disappearance, discussed his mother-in-law’s civil lawsuit against him and how he has not seen his children since a few days before Jennifer Dulos vanished on May 24.
"There's...
A Yale student who was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a fellow student in 2018 is suing the university.
A lawyer for Saifullah Khan, a native of Afghanistan, is citing “lost educational opportunity” and “intentional infliction of emotional distress” in court papers filed late this week in Federal District Court.
After Kahn was acquitted of sexual assault in court, Yale allowed him to resume his studies as a full-time student in the fall of...
Attorney Norm Pattis contends a gag order is preventing his client from speaking out about charges that are not even lodged against him, according to a 40-page brief filed Monday with the state Supreme Court.
As the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, a 51-year-old New Canaan mother of five, grabbed international headlines, Superior Court Judge John Blawie last month issued a gag order in the case — partly because of comments Pattis made to the media.
His client, Fotis Dulos, 52,...
The family of missing New Canaan woman Jennifer Dulos has denied that a medical record cited by defense attorney Norm Pattis could indicate she is alive.
In a Friday filing, Pattis said a billing record sent to his client indicated Jennifer Dulos received “reproductive” services at a New York medical facility on July 7 — more than a month after she disappeared.
“If Ms. Dulos did, as the bill suggests, receive medical services on July 7, 2019, she is obviously...
Attorney Norm Pattis has filed his formal appeal with the state Supreme Court asking for a hearing on whether the gag order imposed on the criminal case against Fotis Dulos should be overturned.
Pattis filed a request last month for the state's highest court to hear his appeal after Stamford Superior Court Judge John Blawie, who is overseeing the criminal proceedings in the May 24 disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, granted State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo’s request for a gag...
The state Supreme Court will hear an appeal of the gag order imposed in the Fotis Dulos case.
Defense attorney Norm Pattis, who requested the hearing, will need to file a legal brief by Oct. 9 and the state has until Oct. 28 to respond. A hearing will be scheduled after Dec. 5.
“We are delighted. I am looking forward to the argument,” Pattis said. “Gag orders are a form of prior restraint on speech and are particularly odious.”
The state’s highest...
The attorney representing Fotis Dulos in the criminal case connected with his estranged wife’s disappearance is asking the state Supreme Court to consider his appeal of a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing the proceedings.
Attorney Norm Pattis contends in a 12-page brief filed Wednesday with the state's highest court that his client's First Amendment rights to free speech are being impeded by the gag order, leaving him defenseless against police leaks and the intense media...
