Monday, February 03, 2014

Prosecutor had probable cause to arrest #WoodyAllen, but spared fragile child trauma of trial



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Former state prosecutor:

Kidnapping charges still possible

“The act of taking the minor victim to the attic for the purpose of committing a sexual assault would be a kidnapping in the first degree for which there is no statute of limitations,” attorney Proloy K. Das, a former state appellate prosecutor now with the Hartford firm Rome McGuigan, told Cool Justice Monday.

  • Das at Rome McGuigan


  • Litchfield County State’s Attorney David Shepack, who succeeded Frank Maco, declined to comment. However, Mark Dupuis, spokesman for Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane, said: “There is nothing pending at this time. If we were to receive a complaint, it would be reviewed and the appropriate action taken.” Dupuis declined to respond to questions regarding the viability of potential kidnapping charges.


  • Complete Article at New Haven Register


  • A Public Defender: Clients have been convicted of kidnapping for preventing the victim from leaving the room …




  • How Yale Child Study Team tanked report for #WoodyAllen

    Cool Justice Editor’s Note: Kidnapping in the first degree is a Class A felony for which there is no statute of limitations; more to come on that element in follow-ups … New Connecticut Magazine post looks forward to the Oscars, notes Woody’s most recent denial of wrongdoing and links to Dylan Farrow's letter to the New York Times.


    From @connecticutmag: #WoodyAllen case story: 'He put his finger in my vagina ... He kissed me all over...'

  • Authoritative ’97 piece on allegations against #WoodyAllen @ConnecticutMag


  • Prosecutor's '93 probable cause statement:

    Click on image for better view; complete statement at Connecticut Magazine



  • Woody's secret agents probed cops, followed kids to mall


  • Daily News: Woody Allen rips daughter Dylan Farrow's claims of sexual abuse


  • Page Six clips from 1995; click on images for better viewing:







  • More Cool Justice
  • 4 comments:

    Giddey Girl said...

    I can't read the white State of Connecticut document at all, sorry

    The Cool Justice Report said...

    Plz click on connecticut magazine link entire doc posted there

    Will said...

    If taking your child to a room in their own home is "kidnapping", then grounding them to their room is "false imprisonment".

    The Cool Justice Report said...

    some lawyers r slow 2 grasp this point, as affirmed in state supreme court decisions: “The act of taking the minor victim to the attic for the purpose of committing a sexual assault would be a kidnapping in the first degree for which there is no statute of limitations.”