Can anyone interpret why NP would hold his head in his hands when his client, FD, was testifying?
Yes, that was pure dramatic GOLD IMO! The topic of conversation was credit card invoices which proved that the MT affair began in 2015! Atty. P. heard this and simply buried his head into his arms.
I'm convinced the State should simply just come up with a couple more Civil or Federal actions against FD to keep him on the stand for a prolonged period of time and that this will keep him talking and simply burying himself further and further into a very long time in State or Federal prison and it will also flush out the remainder of the "Greek Benefactor" funds. Pushing FD into bankruptcy territory and eliminating the "Greek Benefactor/s" would hopefully mean a nice speedy and highly efficient Criminal proceeding with a Pubic Defender as the likelihood of Atty. P. sticking around with no 'green' in the game is unlikely at best even though he brought in the farm team talent from Brooklyn to prop up the ranks in Pattisville!
To jump start the process, the State could take their pick of additional possible charges just by reading through the transcript of the Civil Trial as I stopped counting after kinda/sorta/maybe seeing at least 10 possible State and 5 Federal charges that looked to be slam dunks for some ambitious Prosecutor!
The possibilities for State bank fraud prosecution also looked particularly promising IMO as it was quite disappointing to not see the infamous Sue Morin of Farmington Bank/Peoples Bank called to again invoke the 5th when asked about the MT/FD/GV house shell game. There also was no real substantive explanation as to the sizeable difference in the financial statements presented to Judge Heller and those presented to Peoples Bank. Also disappointing to not see KM in court beside his long time client and 'friend' FD. No doubt KM will be seeing his day in court coming soon but we will most likely have to wait that one out.
I do very much wonder about the quality of legal advice being given to FD? I'm waiting for the full trial transcript but it seems that instead of helping himself or redeeming himself that the FD trip to the witness box simply sunk him further and further into the muck. He didn't appear credible on a very basic level and the fact that he doesn't seem wired to tell the truth is problematic IMO for Pattisville in the Criminal case too most likely. The fact that the case confirmed the MT affair began in 2015 makes them both look even more like 'Bonnie and Clyde' looking for a quick payday at the Farber Family expense so that they could retire on the cheap in either Greece or Argentina, or knowing them probably BOTH!
What is also an open question is how long did FD not tell the truth about anything regarding his situation to his legal team? We saw Atty. P. put his head into his hands when it was disclosed that the MT affair with FD began in 2015. What had FD told Atty. P. and the Pattisville team about the affair? How can Pattisville defend a client that is unable to tell the truth about anything? In my mind its a good thing that the FD inability to tell the truth about anything is known upfront as it just means the State will have to take more time to have multiple sources and pieces of evidence to prove out their case. I do wonder how many times Pattis and Smith have argued about whether it makes sense to carry FD or should he be dumped as a client? My guess is that its an ongoing discussion.
Its actually a bit tragically comical to go back and read the various Atty. P. comments about MT and FD relationship as it reads like some high school make up/breakup/makeup story as we go from star crossed lovers to angry ex lover to the early pleas to the Judge to release MT as she has a full alibi for FD. I read through some of this nonsense today and I do very much think that Atty. P. handling of FD defense might just be studied in law schools in the form a case on how NOT to defend someone that will most likely be accused of murder!
Thinking about the FD testimony from the Civil Case today and what a cad (sorry only non TOS word I could come up with other than [REDACTED]) he was to his wife and children over such a long period of time and what JD and the children no doubt endured and then there he was in his full blazer glory smirking and laughing at Atty Weinstein from the stand. It was a fully disgusting display IMO and I'm glad Atty Weinstein called BS on FD rude and inappropriate behaviour in Court today. It was a momentary victory for Atty Weinstein as shame isn't in the FD DNA even though he is probably subsumed by it IMO.
But when you think that there surely can't be a person more despicable and poorly behaved than FD, you realise that 'oh no' there is MT, her daughter and her entire family crew all in on the grifter express to fleece the Farber Family SINCE 2015!
I would truly love to know (not really so don't PM me please!) what or if anything MT did to earn a FORE salary, room/board and car, trips/travel, school most likely for her daughter etc. beyond being the typical bimbo mistress paramour that JD referred to in Family Court? So, I guess the going rate for a typical bimbo mistress paramour in the circles that FD runs in is a few hundred thousand dollars a year or so and probably a handful of trips and possibly some real estate that we have yet to uncover in this slimy and sleazy world created by FD! Perhaps paying by the hour for MT (or some other equivalent) might have been more economical for FD, but I'm sure FD ran the numbers on this equation as he is the 'math genius' doing diffy q in his jail cell and realised that the salary route was the way to go with the likes of MT!
I never expected this tragic missing case would uncover such an unseemly slimey group of characters and my guess is that the Criminal case will introduce even more such 'people'.
MOO