The state has dismissed the contempt of court docket cost filed in opposition to Michelle Troconis.
Troconis is serving a 14-and-a-half-year sentence after a jury discovered her responsible of conspiring to homicide Jennifer Dulos, a mom of 5 from New Canaan who disappeared in Might 2019 and is presumed useless.
Jennifer Dulos disappeared on Might 24, 2019 amid a bitter divorce and custody battle along with her estranged husband on the time, Fotis Dulos.
Troconis was courting Fotis Dulos when Jennifer disappeared.
Fotis Dulos was charged with homicide and denied having had something to do along with his estranged spouse’s disappearance and presumed demise. He died by suicide in January 2020, shortly after he was charged with homicide.
Troconis was discovered responsible in March 2024 of conspiracy to commit homicide, conspiracy, tampering with proof and hindering prosecution costs and was sentenced two months.
Throughout the trial, she was additionally charged with contempt of court docket linked to a sealed custody settlement pertaining to the Dulos’ kids that she was not imagined to have in her possession.
Troconis is accused of getting the settlement up on a laptop computer throughout her trial and pleaded not responsible to contempt of court docket.
“Today’s decision to drop the contempt charge against Michelle is a meaningful step in the right direction and the first toward justice being served. While she remains incarcerated for a crime she did not commit, this outcome acknowledges what we’ve known all along: the legal pursuit against her has gone too far. Our family remains united, stronger than ever. We will continue fighting to prove Michelle’s innocence, overturn her wrongful conviction, and bring her home,” Michelle Troconis’ household mentioned in a press release.
Carrie Luft, a good friend of Jennifer Dulos, launched a press release on behalf of the household and mates of Jennifer Farber Dulos after the contempt costs have been dropped.
“I am the eyewitness who brought the defendant’s actions to attention during the court session on February 15, 2024, and I gave a statement to the case inspector that evening. I know exactly what I saw. As I described in that statement, not only did the defendant display a sealed court document at a very large scale on her laptop that day, but she had also engaged in similar behavior in at least two previous court sessions, displaying information related to a witness or their testimony at a very large scale on her laptop screen. Our initial expectation was that the contempt charge would be addressed from the bench in the course of the defendant’s criminal trial,” the assertion from Luft mentioned.
“We fully support the state’s attorney’s decision to drop the contempt charge at this time. A jury trial for the contempt charge, as proposed, would be an unnecessary, no doubt lengthy, costly undertaking more than sixteen months after the fact,” the assertion mentioned. “We are indebted to state’s attorney Paul Ferencek for his thoughtful consideration of all the factors, assistant state’s attorney Liz Moran for all her work, and former case inspector David Edwards for his support. Thank you.”
Troconis’ protection workforce filed an attraction on the conspiring to homicide conviction and that’s pending.
