I believe LE said they had text messages from FD to JFD that addressed reconciliation. I know when LE shared this info with MT, it seemed to come as a surprise and brought her to tears.
I don't think this was a ruse and believe the texts were genuine and represented manipulation by FD-- and certainly not any indication of how JFD felt about her estranged husband. JMO
Thanks for this memory as the way you describe it was how I recalled it as well. But the timing of that exchange by FD stacks up
Imo quite well to when FD financial implosion was happening with FORE as he had probably used the last of his cash to engage Atty Rose to help make a failed bid for custody, change the supervised visitation and allow MT and her daughter access to Dulos children. All these efforts in family court failed.
I agree with you that JF wanted no part of FD at that point as she was dealing with the aftermath of psychological issues with the children which was painful and heartbreaking. She had to know that the Family Court case was effectively back to square one but she also must have known by then that FD and MT Didnt have the money to fight much longer.
I do wonder if during this period that there wasn’t cash for the utilities at 4JX or eating out as FD had loaded up all the credit cards and had no income from FORE.
FD and MT were backed into a corner with no quick fixes available for income as the houses weren’t selling and even if sold were mortgaged to the hilt so wouldn’t generate much cash. FD no doubt had money socked away in Greece or with his friends but during the march - May period my strong suspicion is that cash was tight. I can see also that the MT statement about “we fight all the time” might just be one of her true statements of the LE Interviews as I believe she was using her child support to assist FD during this time.
So, by the “murders eve dinner” MT and FD were backed into a corner financially, squatting at 4Jx, not paying child support, told by Judge Heller to prepare financial statements or else, had just had computers and electronics of FORE a and FD seized by Family Court, looking at large monthly cash outlay to pay mortgages and maintenance on FORE houses and land portfolio without sufficient cash to pay and looming credit card debt.
FD did all of the above imo by design so I do wonder if the murder of JF was his plan a or plan b to save himself? I’m taking MT out of the equation here as I’m not thinking he effectively bankrupted himself for MT but with this couple I don’t know what they might have been thinking!
If he essentially bankrupted himself then possibly for purposes of Family Court he might be able to finally get alimony and support. His prior claims for support and legal fees had been denied by Judge Heller. I’m not sure how much this would have gotten him each month but I doubt it would he enough to support staying at 4JX or any of the other large houses he owned.
Mediating himself out of the self created mess wasn’t in the character of FD and he seemed hell bent still on revenge on revenge it seems to burn down everything that Hilliard Farber had helped him build with FORE.
I do wonder what the co conspirators were chatting about during this period because it’s quite a leap in my mind from a self created personal financial implosion to murder. But, they must have been chatting about it and planning extensively we saw FD leap into action to go grab the children in NY and he was all over texting LA as well. Was the plan to effectively take the children and hold them hostage for a settlement from GF? I find it hard to believe that FD or MT wanted to take care of all the children and I believe the MT statement about being a “mother of 6” was a lie as imo she is simply too self absorbed to take on the role and FD never took any interest in the day to day of his 5 children and she had to know that too.
Thankfully LA and GF kept the children secure and the FD games to disqualify GF in Family Court failed, but FD fought dirty and hard against GF. Thankfully the public was shielded from this nastiness but GF did prevail.
I do wonder if FD and MT hadn’t been caught what would have happened next? GF had effectively crushed FD with the civil court judgement that he couldn’t or wouldn’t pay. But would he have simply continued to fight to get the children or try to kidnap them?
FD had a plan or multiple plans but I bet suicide wasn’t on any of them. I do wonder when Pattis might have told FD he had no shot to escape lifelong prison? Or, did Pattis dump FD on the other miscreant lawyer Atty smith as he was working full time on Alex Jones case and this irritated FD as well? Or, was it simply all about the cash with Pattis and FD didn’t have the money to pay and they were going to drop him on a public defender and this is what pushed FD to end his life?
Lots of questions still remaining after MT trial as we frankly saw more lies than truth. The big defence moment was the “murders eve dinner” and that itself was a well orchestrated lie!
Moo