the Supreme
`the
`of
`Court
`a tenn
`of
`State
`of Rockland,
`in and
`the County
`held
`for
`Rockland
`County
`Courthouse,
`New City,
`New York
`
`Street,
`2020
`
`At
`York
`at
`
`the
`Main
`
`P R E S E N T:
`SHERRI
`_______ _---_ ___ _..--------
`HON.
`
`L. EISENPRESS,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`April,
`
`J.S.C.
`-------------x
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`--------
`
`-
`
`-------------------------x
`
`Defendant.
`
`of New
`located
`South
`of
`
`day
`
`One
`
`on the
`
`TO
`ORDER
`SHOW CAUSE
`
`Index
`
`No:
`
`Emergency
`Temporary
`Requested
`Relief
`
`("TRO")
`
`UPON READING
`
`AND FILING
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`Affidavit
`
`in Support
`
`of LUIS
`
`RULEAS,
`
`duly
`
`sworn
`
`to
`
`the
`
`16d¹
`
`day
`
`of April,
`
`2020;
`
`and
`
`upon
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`Third
`
`Party
`
`Affidavit
`
`of GUY
`
`BALZANO,
`
`duly
`
`sworn
`
`to
`
`the
`
`16
`
`¹
`
`day
`
`of April,
`
`2020;
`
`and
`
`upon
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`Affirmation
`
`of
`
`1663
`
`JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`ESQ.
`
`duly
`
`Affinned
`
`the
`
`day
`
`of April,
`
`2020,
`
`all
`
`the
`
`pleadings,
`
`papers
`
`and proceedings
`
`heretofore
`
`had
`
`and
`
`filed
`
`herein,
`
`LET
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`or her
`
`counsel,
`
`show
`
`cause
`
`before
`
`this Court,
`
`at a Tenn
`
`thereof,
`
`to
`
`be held
`
`at
`
`the Rockland
`
`County
`
`Courthouse,
`
`located
`
`at One
`
`South
`
`Main
`
`Street,
`
`New
`
`City,
`
`New fork,
`
`on the
`
`day
`
`of
`
`, 2020,
`
`at
`
`o'clock
`
`in
`
`the
`
`noon
`
`of
`
`that
`
`day,
`
`or as soon
`
`thereafter
`
`as counsel
`
`can
`
`be heard,
`
`why
`
`an Order
`
`should
`
`not
`
`1
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`be made
`
`and
`
`entered:
`
`(1)
`
`ORDERING
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`REISER,
`
`to
`
`(1)
`
`stay
`
`away
`
`from
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`(2) Refrain
`
`from
`
`communication
`
`or any
`
`other
`
`contact
`
`by
`
`mail,
`
`telephone,
`
`e-mail,
`
`voice-mail
`
`or other
`
`electronic
`
`means
`
`with
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`inckding
`
`through
`
`third
`
`parties,
`
`and
`
`(3) Refrain
`
`from
`
`assault,
`
`stalking,
`
`harassnient,
`
`aggravated
`
`harassmet,
`
`menacing,
`
`recldess
`
`endangerment,
`
`strangulation,
`
`criminal
`
`obstruction
`
`of breathing
`
`or
`
`circulation,
`
`disorderly
`
`conduct,
`
`criminal
`
`mischief,
`
`sexual
`
`abuse,
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct,
`
`forcible
`
`touching,
`
`intimidation,
`
`threats,
`
`identity
`
`theft,
`
`grand
`
`larceny,
`
`coercion
`
`or any
`
`criminal
`
`offense
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS;
`
`and
`
`DIRECTING
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`to
`
`immediately
`
`return
`
`the
`
`(2)
`
`the Defendant,
`
`FOUR
`
`(4) CARAT
`
`Princess
`
`Cut Diamond
`
`Engagement
`
`ring
`
`provided
`
`by Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`in
`
`contemplation
`
`of
`
`the
`
`parties'
`
`then-anticipated,
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`whose
`
`offices
`
`are
`
`located
`
`at 301 North
`
`Main
`
`Street,
`
`Suite
`
`1, New
`
`City,
`
`New York
`
`10956,
`
`to
`
`be maintained
`
`in
`
`escrow
`
`pending
`
`agreement
`
`between
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`or
`
`further
`
`Court
`
`order;
`
`and
`
`(3)
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`the Defendant's
`
`CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`ACCOUNT
`
`ending
`
`in x2865
`
`is
`
`"frozen"
`
`pending
`
`further
`
`Order
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`and
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`LAW
`
`OFFICES
`
`OF JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`P.C.
`
`is directed
`
`to
`
`serve
`
`a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`this
`
`signed
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`to effectuate
`
`such
`
`freeze;
`
`and
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`(4)
`
`DIRECTING
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`to provide
`
`an accounting
`
`of
`
`all
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`performed
`
`by
`
`her
`
`or
`
`at her
`
`request
`
`related
`
`to
`
`the
`
`joint
`
`account
`
`ending
`
`in
`
`x5810,
`
`maintained
`
`jointly
`
`by
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`with
`
`CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`USA;
`
`and
`
`(5)
`
`DIRECTING
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`REISER,
`
`to
`
`produce
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`LAW OFFICES
`
`OF JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`P.C.
`
`certified
`
`bank
`
`statements
`
`related
`
`to her CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`ACCOUNT
`
`ending
`
`in
`
`x2865
`
`from
`
`February
`
`2019
`
`through
`
`the
`
`present,
`
`including
`
`check
`
`images,
`
`cancelled
`
`checks
`
`and
`
`deposits
`
`slips;
`
`and
`
`DIRECTING
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`to provide
`
`an accounting
`
`of
`
`(6)
`
`all
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`performed
`
`by her
`
`or ather
`
`request
`
`related
`
`to purchases
`
`and
`
`credit
`
`accessed
`
`from
`
`the AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`credit
`
`card
`
`ending
`
`in
`
`x1077,
`
`maintained
`
`by
`
`the Plaintiff;
`
`and
`
`(7)
`
`DIRECTING
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`to provide
`
`all
`
`transactions
`
`and
`
`documents
`
`related
`
`to her
`
`purchases
`
`and
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`with
`
`PAYPAL,
`
`EBAY
`
`and AMAZON;
`
`and
`
`(8)
`
`ORDERING
`
`that
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`discontinue
`
`the
`
`use
`
`of
`
`any
`
`financial
`
`assets
`
`or
`
`credit
`
`lines
`
`maintained
`
`jointly
`
`with
`
`the
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`or
`
`titled
`
`solely
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`name
`
`which
`
`Defendant
`
`maintains
`
`access;
`
`and
`
`3
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NoRTH M AIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW cITY, NEW YoRK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`(9)
`
`DIRECTING
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`to refrain
`
`from
`
`discussing
`
`the instant
`
`litigation
`
`with
`
`third
`
`parties
`
`absent
`
`communications
`
`with
`
`legal
`
`counsel
`
`or
`
`with
`
`advanced
`
`written
`
`permission
`
`of
`
`the Court;
`
`and
`
`(10)
`
`SANCTIONING
`
`the Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`REISER,
`
`for
`
`frivolous
`
`conduct
`
`pursuant
`
`to NY.C.R.R.
`
`§ 130-1.1;
`
`and
`
`(11)
`
`GRANTING
`
`the Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`leave
`
`to file
`
`for
`
`counsel
`
`fees
`
`incurred
`
`in connection
`
`with
`
`the present
`
`litigation;
`
`and
`
`(12)
`
`GRANTING
`
`the Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`such
`
`other
`
`and
`
`different
`
`relief
`
`as to the
`
`Court
`
`appears
`
`just
`
`and
`
`proper.
`
`AND,
`
`SUFFICIENT
`
`CAUSE
`
`BEING
`
`ALLEGED,
`
`it
`
`is hereby
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the
`
`within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`shall
`
`from
`
`Plaintiff
`
`LUIS
`
`Defendant,
`
`REISER,
`
`(1)
`
`stay
`
`away
`
`RUELAS,
`
`(2)
`
`Refrain
`
`from
`
`communication
`
`or any
`
`other
`
`contact
`
`by mail,
`
`telephone,
`
`e-mail,
`
`voice-mail
`
`or other
`
`electronic
`
`means
`
`with
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`including
`
`through
`
`third
`
`parties,
`
`and
`
`(3) Refrain
`
`from
`
`assault,
`
`stalking,
`
`harassment,
`
`aggravated
`
`harassment,
`
`menacing,
`
`reckless
`
`endangerment,
`
`strangulation,
`
`criminal
`
`obstruction
`
`of
`
`breathing
`
`or
`
`circulation,
`
`disorderly
`
`conduct,
`
`criminal
`
`mischief,
`
`sexual
`
`abuse,
`
`sexual
`
`misconduct,
`
`forcible
`
`touching,
`
`intimidation,
`
`threats,
`
`identity
`
`theft,
`
`grand
`
`larceny,
`
`coercion
`
`or any
`
`criminal
`
`offense
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`shall
`
`immediately
`
`retum
`
`the FOUR
`
`(4) CARAT
`
`Princess
`
`Cut Diamond
`
`Engagement
`
`4
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`ring
`
`provided
`
`by Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`in
`
`contemplation
`
`of
`
`the
`
`parties'
`
`then-anticipated,
`
`to
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`whose
`
`offices
`
`are located
`
`at 301 North
`
`Main
`
`Street,
`
`Suite
`
`1, New City,
`
`New
`
`York
`
`10956,
`
`to be maintained
`
`in escrow
`
`pending
`
`agreement
`
`between
`
`the parties
`
`or
`
`further
`
`Court
`
`order;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`CHASE
`
`BANK ACCOUNT
`
`"frozen"
`
`Defendant's
`
`ending
`
`in x2865
`
`shall
`
`be
`
`pending
`
`further
`
`Order
`
`of
`
`the Court
`
`and
`
`the Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`LAW OFFICES
`
`OF JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`P.C.
`
`shall
`
`serve
`
`CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`USA
`
`with
`
`a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`this
`
`signed
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`to
`
`effectuate
`
`such
`
`freeze;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`or
`
`Defendant
`
`shall
`
`provide
`
`an
`
`accounting
`
`of
`
`all
`
`fmancial
`
`transactions
`
`performed
`
`by
`
`her
`
`at her
`
`request
`
`related
`
`to the joint
`
`account
`
`ending
`
`in x5810,
`
`maintained
`
`jointly
`
`by
`
`the parties
`
`with
`
`CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`USA;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`Defend
`
`ant, VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`REISER,
`
`shall
`
`produce
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`LAW OFFICES
`
`the
`
`OF
`
`BANK
`
`JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`P.C.
`
`certified
`
`bank
`
`statements
`
`related
`
`to her CHASE
`
`ACCOUNT
`
`ending
`
`in
`
`x2865
`
`from
`
`February
`
`2019
`
`through
`
`the
`
`present,
`
`including
`
`check
`
`images,
`
`cancelled
`
`checks
`
`and
`
`deposits
`
`slips
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`shall
`
`provide
`
`an accounting
`
`of
`
`all
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`performed
`
`by
`
`her
`
`or
`
`at her
`
`5
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.c.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`request
`
`related
`
`to purchases
`
`and
`
`credit
`
`accessed
`
`from
`
`the AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`credit
`
`card
`
`ending
`
`in x1077,
`
`maintained
`
`by
`
`the Plaintiff;
`
`and it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`VANESSA
`
`M.
`
`REISER,
`
`shall
`
`provide
`
`all
`
`transactions
`
`and
`
`documents
`
`related
`
`to her
`
`purchases
`
`and
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`with
`
`PAYPAL,
`
`EBAY
`
`and AMAZON;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`of
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`shall
`
`discontinue
`
`the
`
`use
`
`of any
`
`financial
`
`assets
`
`or
`
`credit
`
`lines maintained
`
`jointly
`
`with
`
`the
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`or
`
`titled
`
`solely
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`name
`
`which
`
`Defendant
`
`maintains
`
`access;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`that
`
`pending
`
`the
`
`hearing
`
`and
`
`determination
`
`of
`
`the within
`
`application,
`
`the
`
`litigation
`
`with
`
`third
`
`Defendant
`
`shall
`
`refrain
`
`from
`
`discussing
`
`the
`
`instant
`
`parties
`
`absent
`
`communications
`
`with
`
`legal
`
`counsel
`
`or with
`
`advanced
`
`written
`
`permission
`
`of
`
`the Court;
`
`and
`
`SUFFICIENT
`
`CAUSE
`
`BEING
`
`ALLEGED,
`
`let personal
`
`service
`
`and electronic
`
`mail
`
`service
`
`upon
`
`the Defendant,
`
`whose
`
`last
`
`known
`
`address
`
`was
`
`55 Kings
`
`Highway,
`
`Congers,
`
`New York,
`
`10920,
`
`and whose
`
`last
`
`known
`
`electronic
`
`mail
`
`address
`
`is Vanessa@tellatherapist.net,
`
`of
`
`a copy
`
`of
`
`with
`
`it
`
`the within
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause,
`
`together
`
`the
`
`papers
`
`upon
`
`which
`
`is granted,
`
`on
`
`or before
`
`the
`
`day
`
`of
`
`, 2020
`
`be deemed
`
`good
`
`and
`
`sufficient
`
`service.
`
`OPPOSITION
`
`PAPERS,
`
`if any,
`
`shall
`
`be filed
`
`with
`
`the Court
`
`and served
`
`electronically
`
`upon
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`counsel,
`
`JAMES
`
`J. SEXTON,
`
`ESQ.,
`
`who
`
`maintains
`
`an
`
`electronic
`
`email
`
`address
`
`of
`
`sexton@rocklanddivorce.com,
`
`on or before
`
`the ___
`
`day
`
`of
`
`, 2020;
`
`and
`
`6
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`

`

`REPLY
`
`PAPERS,
`
`if
`
`any,
`
`shall
`
`be
`
`filed
`
`with
`
`the Court
`
`and
`
`served
`
`upon
`
`Defendant
`
`via
`
`regular
`
`mail
`
`to
`
`55
`
`Kings
`
`Highway,
`
`Congers,
`
`New
`
`York,
`
`10920
`
`and
`
`electronic
`
`mail
`
`to
`
`Vanessa@tellatherapist.net,
`
`on or before
`
`the __ day
`
`of
`
`, 2020.
`
`Dated:
`
`April
`
`__,
`
`2020
`
`HON.
`
`, J.S.C.
`
`7
`
`LAW OFFICES OF JAMES J. SEXTON, P.C.
`301 NORTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1, NEW CITY, NEW YORK 10956
`(845) 708-9100 / www.re±::.dd:vorce.com
`
`|
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`

`

`OF THE STATE
`SUPREME
`COURT
`OF ROCKLAND
`COUNTY
`......---................--------..------..........---
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`.----------------------X
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`AFFIDAVIT
`IN SUPPORT
`
`Index
`
`No. _/2020
`
`VANESSA
`
`M. REISER,
`
`..-.-.................------------
`
`. ..---_.----------
`
`X
`
`Defendant.
`
`ss.:
`
`) )
`
`)
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF ROCKLAND
`
`LUIS
`
`RUELAS,
`
`being
`
`duly
`
`sworn,
`
`deposes
`
`and
`
`say:
`
`1.
`
`That
`
`I am the Plaintiff
`
`in the above
`
`captioned
`
`action,
`
`am fully
`
`familiar
`
`with
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`recited
`
`herein
`
`and make
`
`this Aff
`
`davit
`
`in Support
`
`of
`
`the
`
`anneXed
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`seeking
`
`the
`
`return
`
`of gifts
`
`I provided
`
`to the Defendant
`
`during
`
`our
`
`engagement
`
`and
`
`in contemplation
`
`of
`
`our marriage
`
`which
`
`has now been
`
`and
`
`relief
`
`related
`
`to the
`
`same.
`
`terminated,
`
`2.
`
`As
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein
`
`below,
`
`it
`
`is neither
`
`my wish
`
`nor
`
`desire
`
`to bring
`
`this matter
`
`to the Court's
`
`attention,
`
`however,
`
`Defendant's
`
`continued
`
`refusal
`
`to act
`
`in good
`
`faith
`
`and
`
`retum
`
`to me the
`
`engagement
`
`ring
`
`and monies,
`
`both
`
`those
`
`provided
`
`to
`
`her
`
`in
`
`consideration
`
`for
`
`our
`
`then-
`
`anticipated
`
`and
`
`now-terminated
`
`marriage
`
`as well
`
`as monies
`
`she
`
`stole,
`
`including
`
`at a time
`
`when
`
`I was
`
`hospitalized,
`
`now requires
`
`the Court's
`
`intervention.
`
`3.
`
`In
`
`reality,
`
`I am saddened
`
`and
`
`ashamed
`
`to have
`
`to
`
`invoke
`
`legal
`
`authority
`
`in
`
`the
`
`form
`
`of
`
`LAW OFFICES
`301 North Main
`Street,
`708-9100
`(845)
`
`1
`P.C.
`J. SEXTON,
`OF JAMES
`1, New City, New York
`Suite
`/ www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`10956
`
`

`

`judicial
`
`intervention
`
`to
`
`avoid
`
`being
`
`further
`
`bullied
`
`by
`
`the
`
`Defendant.
`
`I am equally
`
`embarrassed
`
`that
`
`she would
`
`force me to come
`
`to the Courts,
`
`during
`
`the midst
`
`of an ongoing
`
`pandemic,
`
`in order
`
`to resolve
`
`the
`
`instant
`
`issues
`
`with
`
`judicial
`
`determination.
`
`Nonetheless,
`
`I
`
`will
`
`not
`
`stand
`
`silent
`
`as the Defendant
`
`cavalierly
`
`stole
`
`from me and
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`act
`
`in good
`
`faith
`
`when
`
`caught.
`
`4.
`
`Absent
`
`the
`
`of
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`requested
`
`in
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`Order
`
`to
`
`Show
`
`Cause,
`
`granting
`
`Defendant's
`
`underhanded
`
`behavior
`
`will
`
`not
`
`only
`
`be
`
`rewarded
`
`but
`
`any
`
`opportunity
`
`to
`
`mitigate
`
`the
`
`impact
`
`of her wrongdoings
`
`will
`
`be lost.
`
`5.
`
`I do not wage
`
`the
`
`following
`
`statement
`
`lightly,
`
`but
`
`as set
`
`forth
`
`herein
`
`below,
`
`Defendant
`
`is a
`
`financial
`
`scoundrel
`
`who
`
`exhibits
`
`the
`
`unique
`
`willingness
`
`to
`
`crassly
`
`exploit
`
`a
`
`failed
`
`engagement
`
`for her
`
`continued
`
`financial
`
`gain,
`
`without
`
`regard
`
`for
`
`the
`
`law
`
`or basic
`
`morality.
`
`the Defendant
`
`herein
`
`As
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein
`
`below,
`
`in the past weeks,
`
`I have
`
`come
`
`to learn
`
`that
`
`has
`
`engaged
`
`in
`
`sociopathic
`
`behavior
`
`to
`
`financially
`
`and
`
`emotionally
`
`harm
`
`me,
`
`a
`
`longstanding
`
`and well
`
`documented
`
`pattern
`
`of behavior
`
`that
`
`she has engaged
`
`in throughout
`
`her
`
`romantic
`
`life with
`
`past
`
`lovers.
`
`6.
`
`I have
`
`I come
`
`to the Court
`
`to stop
`
`her
`
`brazen
`
`misconduct
`
`and
`
`to limit
`
`the
`
`damage
`
`she has
`
`done
`
`to me personally,
`
`professionally
`
`and
`
`financially,
`
`that
`
`while
`
`some
`
`of
`
`the
`
`money
`
`she
`
`swindled
`
`me
`
`for may
`
`be
`
`lost,
`
`I must
`
`stand my
`
`ground
`
`on
`
`gifts
`
`provided
`
`in
`
`contemplation
`
`of our
`
`anticipated
`
`marriage
`
`and monies
`
`which
`
`Defendant
`
`outright
`
`stole
`
`from
`
`knowing
`
`7.
`
`8.
`
`me,
`
`both
`
`of which
`
`I understand
`
`the
`
`law to protect.
`
`RELEVANT
`
`FACTUAL
`
`HISTORY
`
`In June
`
`2018,
`
`the Defendant
`
`and
`
`I started
`
`dating.
`
`In
`
`or
`
`around
`
`October
`
`2018,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`moved
`
`into my
`
`residence,
`
`having
`
`left
`
`her
`
`LAW OFFICES
`301 North Main Street,
`708-9100
`(845)
`
`2
`J. SEXTON,
`OF JAMES
`P.C.
`Suite
`1, New City, New York
`/ www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`10956
`
`

`

`residence
`
`in Congers,
`
`New York.
`
`Nonetheless,
`
`I agreed
`
`to pay
`
`the mortgage
`
`on the
`
`house
`
`until
`
`such
`
`time
`
`that
`
`it could
`
`be paid
`
`via
`
`rental
`
`income.
`
`9.
`
`Our
`
`courtship
`
`was
`
`romantic
`
`and
`
`intoxicating,
`
`a phrase
`
`I use
`
`not
`
`only
`
`for
`
`the
`
`swiftness
`
`of
`
`our
`
`bond,
`
`but
`
`for
`
`the
`
`Defendant's
`
`routine
`
`misuse
`
`of
`
`alcohol
`
`toward
`
`the
`
`end
`
`of
`
`our
`
`engagement,
`
`a factor
`
`which
`
`aided
`
`in the
`
`termiñation
`
`of our
`
`engagement.
`
`10.
`
`During
`
`our
`
`relationship
`
`the Defendant
`
`expressed
`
`to me that
`
`her
`
`dream
`
`was
`
`to have
`
`her
`
`own
`
`mental
`
`health
`
`practice
`
`and
`
`told me that
`
`obtaining
`
`her
`
`licensure
`
`was
`
`the
`
`only
`
`obstacle
`
`to
`
`achieve
`
`same.
`
`11.
`
`As
`
`the rental
`
`income
`
`was
`
`going
`
`to pay
`
`the costs
`
`ofher
`
`home,
`
`effectively
`
`giving
`
`her peaceful
`
`gain
`
`of
`
`equity
`
`in the home,
`
`I agreed
`
`to support
`
`her
`
`during
`
`her
`
`studies,
`
`which
`
`would
`
`take
`
`her
`
`in
`
`approximately
`
`eight
`
`(8) months.
`
`She
`
`commenced
`
`studying
`
`for
`
`licensure
`
`January
`
`2019.
`
`POINT
`
`A:
`
`The
`
`initial
`
`contract
`
`for marriage
`
`upon
`
`engagement,
`
`February
`
`16,
`
`2019
`
`12.
`
`We were
`
`subsequently
`
`engaged
`
`on February
`
`16, 2019.
`
`By way
`
`of background,
`
`I brought
`
`Defendant
`
`to a mountaintop
`
`that
`
`had
`
`sentimental
`
`importance
`
`to the Defendant
`
`and,
`
`after
`
`a
`
`6-mile
`
`run,
`
`dropped
`
`to my
`
`knee,
`
`presented
`
`her with
`
`a FOUR
`
`(4) CARAT
`
`Princess
`
`Cut
`
`and proposed
`
`matrimony.
`
`The Defendant
`
`accepted
`
`and the ring.
`
`diamond
`
`ring
`
`my proposal
`
`13.
`
`The
`
`ring was
`
`purchased
`
`for
`
`approximately
`
`ONE HUNDRED
`
`THIRTY
`
`FIVE
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($135,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`from MAMARI
`
`JEWELERS
`
`in Nanuet,
`
`New
`
`York.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for
`
`Exhibit
`
`"A"
`
`is
`
`a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`picture
`
`of
`
`the
`
`engagement
`
`ring,
`
`14.
`
`While
`
`the Defendant
`
`studied,
`
`I engaged
`
`in renovations
`
`on the second
`
`home
`
`on my property,
`
`investing
`
`approximately
`
`TWENTY
`
`FIVE
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`($25,000.00)
`
`LAW OFFICES
`301 North Main Street,
`708-9100
`(845)
`
`3
`P.C.
`J. SEXTON,
`OF JAMES
`1, New City, New York
`Suite
`/ www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`10956
`
`

`

`DOLLARS
`
`in materials
`
`and
`
`labor
`
`for
`
`such
`
`items
`
`as heating,
`
`painting,
`
`and
`
`contract
`
`work.
`
`By way
`
`of example,
`
`I expended
`
`TEN THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($10,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`in February
`
`2020
`
`for
`
`initial
`
`renovations
`
`as shown
`
`in Exhibit
`
`"B",
`
`a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of such
`
`invoice.
`
`Defendant
`
`completed
`
`her
`
`studies
`
`in September
`
`2019
`
`and the residence
`
`was
`
`set up for
`
`her
`
`office,
`
`allowing
`
`her
`
`to meet
`
`with
`
`clients
`
`in a physical
`
`space
`
`and
`
`also
`
`allowing
`
`her
`
`peace
`
`and
`
`privacy
`
`for
`
`"virtual"
`
`clients.
`
`of
`
`15.
`
`In
`
`terms
`
`of
`
`financial
`
`management,
`
`there
`
`were
`
`effectively
`
`two
`
`(2)
`
`categories
`
`fmancial
`
`transactions
`
`between
`
`Defendant
`
`and
`
`I since
`
`our
`
`engagement
`
`in February
`
`2019,
`
`first,
`
`items
`
`that
`
`I would
`
`pay
`
`in an ongoing
`
`or
`
`regular
`
`manner
`
`including
`
`gifts
`
`that
`
`I would
`
`buy
`
`for
`
`her
`
`and,
`
`second,
`
`monetary
`
`transactions
`
`that,
`
`like
`
`our
`
`engagement
`
`ring,
`
`were
`
`provided
`
`in
`
`contemplation
`
`of our marriage.
`
`of
`
`while
`
`the Defendant
`
`studied
`
`for
`
`her
`
`I permitted
`
`her
`
`use
`
`of
`
`16.
`
`By way
`
`example,
`
`licensing,
`
`my AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`credit
`
`card
`
`wherein
`
`she was
`
`able
`
`to
`
`pay
`
`for
`
`day-to-day
`
`expenses.
`
`I also
`
`renovated
`
`Defendant's
`
`mother's
`
`home
`
`for THIRTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`($30,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for Exhibit
`
`"C"
`
`is a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`renovation
`
`bill,
`
`dated
`
`December
`
`5, 2019.
`
`In
`
`exchange
`
`for
`
`such
`
`gift
`
`Defendant's
`
`mother
`
`provided
`
`me
`
`a painting
`
`she made,
`
`knowing
`
`that
`
`the
`
`costs
`
`of
`
`the
`
`she
`
`never
`
`renovation
`
`were
`
`something
`
`could
`
`afford
`
`independent
`
`of my
`
`aid.
`
`17.
`
`We also
`
`purchased
`
`real
`
`property
`
`for ONE MILLION
`
`SEVEN
`
`HUNDRED
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($1,700,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS,
`
`complete
`
`with
`
`a contract
`
`for
`
`SIX HUNDRED
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`($600,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`worth
`
`of
`
`renovations,
`
`that
`
`I
`
`understand
`
`I am "stuck
`
`with"
`
`now that
`
`the
`
`engagement
`
`is terminated
`
`and
`
`I alone
`
`am liable
`
`for
`
`the
`
`contract.
`
`The
`
`current
`
`pandemic
`
`only
`
`worsens
`
`the
`
`prospects
`
`of
`
`selling
`
`the
`
`property
`
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`Street,
`708-9100
`(845)
`
`4
`OF JAMES
`P.C.
`J. SEXTON,
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`Suite
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`
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`to avoid
`
`full
`
`financial
`
`devastation
`
`on this
`
`purchase.
`
`18.
`
`I also
`
`expended
`
`considerable
`
`sums
`
`on wedding
`
`planning
`
`and
`
`deposits
`
`during
`
`the
`
`course
`
`of
`
`our
`
`engagement.
`
`For
`
`instance,
`
`in April
`
`2019,
`
`I paid
`
`a deposit
`
`for
`
`catering
`
`and
`
`the wedding
`
`facility
`
`totaling
`
`TWENTY
`
`FIVE
`
`THOUSAND
`
`FOUR
`
`HUNDRED
`
`ONE
`
`AND 96/100
`
`($25,401.96)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`with
`
`contract
`
`for
`
`remaining
`
`payments.
`
`19.
`
`On April
`
`9, 2019
`
`I paid
`
`SIX
`
`THOUSAND
`
`FIVE
`
`HUNDRED
`
`SEVENTEEN
`
`AND 50/100
`
`and
`
`an
`
`($6,517.50)
`
`for
`
`wedding
`
`photography
`
`deposits
`
`additional
`
`payment
`
`of ONE
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($1,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`in September
`
`2019.
`
`for
`
`a deposit
`
`on
`
`the wedding
`
`photography,
`
`again
`
`with
`
`contract
`
`for
`
`remaining
`
`payments.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for
`
`Exhibit
`
`"D"
`
`is
`
`a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`April
`
`and
`
`September
`
`2019
`
`payments
`
`to the
`
`facility
`
`and
`
`photographer,
`
`including
`
`the April
`
`withdrawal
`
`from
`
`CHASE
`
`account
`
`in x7787
`
`the
`
`aforementioned
`
`deposit
`
`for
`
`ending
`
`evidencing
`
`wedding
`
`catering
`
`and
`
`facility.
`
`I have
`
`continued
`
`to pay
`
`the deposits
`
`required
`
`under
`
`these
`
`contracts
`
`with
`
`no help
`
`or
`
`liability
`
`from
`
`Defendant.
`
`20.
`
`As
`
`the
`
`engagement
`
`has
`
`been
`
`terminated,
`
`I will
`
`likely
`
`be out
`
`considerable
`
`sums
`
`for
`
`these
`
`deposits
`
`and
`
`possibly
`
`the balances
`
`owed
`
`on the various
`
`contracts.
`
`21.
`
`In
`
`total,
`
`the
`
`home
`
`renovation,
`
`Defendant's
`
`mother's
`
`renovation,
`
`the
`
`real
`
`property
`
`and
`
`renovation
`
`total
`
`in the hundreds
`
`of
`
`contract
`
`and the wedding
`
`deposits,
`
`thousands
`
`of dollars.
`
`However,
`
`I do not make
`
`claim
`
`for
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`financial
`
`transactions
`
`as I know
`
`they were
`
`provided
`
`without
`
`the
`
`contingency
`
`of marriage,
`
`irrespective
`
`of
`
`the
`
`financial
`
`improprieties
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein
`
`below.
`
`22.
`
`I state
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`such
`
`that
`
`the Court
`
`will
`
`know
`
`that
`
`I can
`
`never
`
`be made
`
`"whole"
`
`in,
`
`despite
`
`the
`
`claims
`
`and Defendant's
`
`ill-advised
`
`behavior
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`below,
`
`however,
`
`while
`
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`
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`OF JAMES
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`those
`
`expenses
`
`and
`
`purchases,
`
`Peleton
`
`bike,
`
`her
`
`car
`
`and
`
`the
`
`clothing
`
`and
`
`other
`
`items
`
`I
`
`purchased
`
`for
`
`the Defendant,
`
`I do not make
`
`claim
`
`to,
`
`I will
`
`not
`
`forgo
`
`claim
`
`to those
`
`items
`
`that
`
`are
`
`directly
`
`linked
`
`with
`
`our
`
`promise
`
`to marry,
`
`no different
`
`than
`
`the
`
`engagement
`
`ring,
`
`nor
`
`those monies
`
`which
`
`the Defendant
`
`stole
`
`from
`
`me.
`
`OINT
`
`B: The
`
`second
`
`contract
`
`for marriage
`
`on May
`
`13, 2019
`
`from
`
`the
`
`aforementioned
`
`expenses
`
`and
`
`23.
`
`Separate
`
`purchases,
`
`in May
`
`2019,
`
`the Defendant
`
`threatened
`
`to cancel
`
`our
`
`engagement
`
`and
`
`anticipated
`
`wedding
`
`unless
`
`I paid
`
`her SEVENTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($70,000,00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`and
`
`provided
`
`her with
`
`the
`
`title
`
`to
`
`a
`
`FORD
`
`RAPTOR
`
`I purchased
`
`so she could
`
`give
`
`the
`
`title
`
`to her
`
`son.
`
`24.
`
`By way
`
`of
`
`background,
`
`prior
`
`to
`
`this
`
`second
`
`engagement
`
`contract,
`
`which,
`
`in
`
`retrospect
`
`seems more
`
`of akin
`
`to extortion
`
`or a financial
`
`shakedown,
`
`the Defendant
`
`and
`
`I attended
`
`a
`
`event
`
`for
`
`the CENTER
`
`FOR SAFETY
`
`AND CHANGE
`
`on or about May
`
`11,
`
`fundraising
`
`2019.
`
`25.
`
`During
`
`the
`
`evening,
`
`I was
`
`being
`
`recognized
`
`for
`
`a FIFTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($50,000.00)
`
`DOLLAR
`
`donation
`
`to the
`
`organization
`
`and
`
`the Defendant
`
`caused
`
`a horrific
`
`scene
`
`during
`
`the
`
`event,
`
`enraged
`
`that
`
`I was
`
`a few moments
`
`late
`
`to
`
`our
`
`table
`
`when
`
`I was
`
`acknowledged.
`
`26.
`
`Once
`
`home,
`
`we remained
`
`without
`
`contact
`
`for
`
`about
`
`one
`
`day
`
`and
`
`then
`
`spoke.
`
`on
`
`(1)
`
`Early
`
`Monday,
`
`May
`
`13, 2019
`
`the Defendant
`
`demanded
`
`that
`
`in order
`
`that
`
`she agree
`
`to get married,
`
`I
`
`needed
`
`to
`
`provide
`
`her
`
`with
`
`SEVENTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`($70,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`and
`
`provide
`
`her
`
`son with
`
`title
`
`to
`
`his
`
`truck
`
`that
`
`I bought
`
`for
`
`approximately
`
`THIRTY
`
`FOUR
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($34,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS.
`
`27.
`
`As
`
`I was without
`
`the
`
`total
`
`funds
`
`to pay
`
`for
`
`the
`
`re-negotiated
`
`agreement
`
`to marry,
`
`I signed
`
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`(845)
`
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`OF JAMES
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`J. SEXTON,
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`over
`
`the
`
`title,
`
`provided
`
`her
`
`with
`
`a
`
`check
`
`for
`
`FORTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`($40,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`and
`
`an additional
`
`check
`
`to be cashed
`
`once
`
`funds
`
`were
`
`available
`
`for THIRTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($30,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS.
`
`Defendant
`
`accepted
`
`the
`
`title
`
`and
`
`cashed
`
`the
`
`checks
`
`on May
`
`13,
`
`2019
`
`and May
`
`16,
`
`2019
`
`respectively,
`
`in
`
`consideration
`
`for
`
`the
`
`promise
`
`to get married.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for Exhibit
`
`E"
`
`are
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`the
`
`checks:
`
`check
`
`true
`
`following
`
`(1) May
`
`13, 2019
`
`to Defendant
`
`for
`
`FORTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($40,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS,
`
`(2) May
`
`16, 2019
`
`check
`
`to
`
`Defendant
`
`for THIRTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($30,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS,
`
`(3)
`
`check
`
`dated May
`
`17, 2019
`
`representing
`
`½ of my
`
`total
`
`donation
`
`to the CENTER.
`
`28.
`
`I state
`
`to the Court
`
`that
`
`the FORD
`
`RAPTOR
`
`was
`
`valued
`
`at approximately
`
`THIRTY
`
`FOUR
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($34,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`and my initial
`
`payment,
`
`as evidenced
`
`the
`
`annexed
`
`Exhibit
`
`by
`
`"F",
`
`a check
`
`in the
`
`amount
`
`of TWENTY
`
`THREE
`
`THOUSAND
`
`DOLLARS
`
`when
`
`the
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($23,000.00)
`
`I purchased
`
`vehicle
`
`on April
`
`2, 2019.
`
`29.
`
`Again,
`
`while
`
`certain
`
`gifts
`
`and
`
`expenses
`
`paid
`
`during
`
`our
`
`relationship
`
`and
`
`engagement
`
`were
`
`independent
`
`of our
`
`commitment
`
`to marry,
`
`the Defendant's
`
`behavior
`
`in May
`
`2019
`
`requires
`
`return
`
`of
`
`the
`
`title
`
`and
`
`checks
`
`provided
`
`as they
`
`can
`
`only
`
`be
`
`viewed
`
`in
`
`one
`
`of
`
`two
`
`ways:
`
`either
`
`the transaction
`
`was
`
`a bona
`
`fide
`
`commitment
`
`to marry
`
`accompanied
`
`by
`
`consideration
`
`the title
`
`and
`
`checks
`
`if
`
`sees Defendant's
`
`actions
`
`in the form
`
`of
`
`or,
`
`the Court
`
`in the
`
`nefarious
`
`light
`
`that
`
`I view
`
`them
`
`now
`
`after
`
`having
`
`learned
`
`of
`
`her
`
`conduct
`
`that
`
`followed,
`
`it was
`
`financial
`
`extortion
`
`and
`
`the
`
`title
`
`and monies
`
`must
`
`be returned
`
`in light
`
`of
`
`the illicit
`
`nature
`
`of
`
`the
`
`agreement.
`
`30.
`
`In
`
`further
`
`commitment
`
`for
`
`our
`
`upcoming
`
`marriage,
`
`and
`
`in
`
`an effort
`
`to merge
`
`financials
`
`anticipating
`
`our
`
`union,
`
`on August
`
`20,
`
`2019,
`
`the Defendant
`
`and
`
`I opened
`
`a joint
`
`bank
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`account
`
`together
`
`at CHASE
`
`BANK
`
`USA
`
`in Ramsey,
`
`New Jersey. We went
`
`to the
`
`branch
`
`together
`
`and met with DARLENE
`
`GARDNER,
`
`a CHASE
`
`DISTRICT
`
`MANAGER.
`
`During
`
`account
`
`opening
`
`DARLENE
`
`inquired
`
`about
`
`the purpose
`
`of our
`
`account
`
`and we
`
`told
`
`her
`
`it
`
`was
`
`for
`
`our marriage
`
`and
`
`explained
`
`that we were merging
`
`finances
`
`in
`
`anticipation
`
`of our
`
`wedding.
`
`31.
`
`In complete
`
`transparency
`
`to the Defendant,
`
`with
`
`DARLENE
`
`present,
`
`I showed
`
`Defendant
`
`various
`
`CHASE
`
`the
`
`one
`
`that
`
`day.
`
`all
`
`of
`
`iny
`
`accounts,
`
`including
`
`that we opened
`
`up jointly
`
`32.
`
`On the
`
`day
`
`of account
`
`opening,
`
`I deposited
`
`ONE HUNDRED
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($100,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`in our
`
`joint
`
`account,
`
`which
`
`ends
`
`in the
`
`account
`
`number
`
`x5810.
`
`I also
`
`rnade
`
`a deposit
`
`on October
`
`30,
`
`2019
`
`for TWO HUNDRED
`
`FIFTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($250,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`into
`
`the joint
`
`account
`
`x5810.
`
`33.
`
`As mentioned,
`
`Defendant
`
`continued
`
`to live with me,
`
`I continued
`
`providing
`
`for her expenses
`
`of
`
`expenses
`
`EXPRESS
`
`including
`
`use
`
`ordinary
`
`on my AMERICAN
`
`credit
`
`card,
`
`separate
`
`from
`
`our
`
`joint
`
`marriage
`
`account,
`
`and
`
`she gained
`
`her
`
`license
`
`as a licensed
`
`social
`
`worker
`
`in
`
`or around
`
`September
`
`2019.
`
`POINT
`financial
`
`C: The
`theft.
`
`third
`
`contract
`
`for marriage
`
`on October
`
`31, 2019
`
`and
`
`the
`
`start
`
`of Defendant's
`
`34.
`
`While
`
`her
`
`pre-marital
`
`wedding
`
`money
`
`extortion
`
`in May
`
`2019
`
`should
`
`have
`
`alerted
`
`me to
`
`Defendant's
`
`still
`
`shocked
`
`out
`
`that
`
`on October
`
`the
`
`underhandedness,
`
`I was
`
`to find
`
`Defendant
`
`transferred
`
`ONE
`
`HUNDRED
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND
`
`00/100
`
`31,
`
`2019
`
`($100,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`from
`
`our
`
`joint
`
`account
`
`to
`
`a CHASE
`
`account
`
`x5810
`
`held
`
`solely
`
`in her
`
`name
`
`ending
`
`in the
`
`account
`
`number
`
`x2865.
`
`35.
`
`Leading
`
`up
`
`to the
`
`transfer,
`
`the Defendant
`
`and
`
`I were
`
`in Provincetown,
`
`Massachusetts
`
`and
`
`following
`
`an argument,
`
`Defendant
`
`gave me back
`
`the engagement
`
`ring,
`
`claiming,
`
`as she did
`
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`in May
`
`2019,
`
`that
`
`she was
`
`not
`
`going
`
`to marry me without
`
`me giving
`
`her money.
`
`36.
`
`I was
`
`not
`
`going
`
`"fall"
`
`to
`
`for
`
`her
`
`extortion
`
`again
`
`and
`
`told
`
`her
`
`that
`
`I was
`
`going
`
`to leave
`
`the
`
`hotel
`
`and
`
`go
`
`home.
`
`I offered
`
`to drive
`
`home
`
`with
`
`her
`
`but
`
`asked
`
`her
`
`to stay
`
`elsewhere
`
`that
`
`evening
`
`as I wanted
`
`to discuss
`
`with my teenage
`
`sons
`
`the breakup
`
`without
`
`her
`
`present
`
`as I
`
`know
`
`that
`
`they
`
`would
`
`need
`
`guidance
`
`and
`
`attention,
`
`including
`
`my
`
`son with
`
`special
`
`needs.
`
`refused
`
`Defendant
`
`to come
`
`with me and
`
`also
`
`refused
`
`to stay
`
`elsewhere.
`
`I pleaded
`
`with
`
`her
`
`to come
`
`back
`
`with me still
`
`and
`
`she continued
`
`to refuse.
`
`37.
`
`Finally,
`
`I drove
`
`away.
`
`As
`
`I anticipated
`
`that
`
`she might
`
`show
`
`up
`
`to the
`
`house
`
`despite
`
`my
`
`request
`
`not
`
`to,
`
`I called
`
`our
`
`local
`
`police
`
`and
`
`alerted
`
`them
`
`to the
`
`situation
`
`as I did
`
`not want
`
`to be caught
`
`in an altercation
`
`with
`
`Defendant.
`
`I also
`
`transferred
`
`the remaining
`
`funds
`
`in our
`
`joint
`
`account
`
`in my own
`
`such
`
`that
`
`she would
`
`not
`
`deplete
`
`them further.
`
`son
`
`said
`
`that
`
`Defendant
`
`38.
`
`Several
`
`hours
`
`into
`
`the
`
`drive,
`
`Defendant's
`
`called
`
`me and
`
`wanted
`
`me to pick
`
`her
`
`up back
`
`at
`
`the
`
`hotel.
`
`Thus,
`
`I
`
`turned
`
`around
`
`and went
`
`to find
`
`the Defendant.
`
`Approximately
`
`ONE AND A HALF
`
`(1 ½) HOURS
`
`later,
`
`Defendant's
`
`son
`
`called me again
`
`saying
`
`that
`
`she had
`
`found
`
`a ride.
`
`39.
`
`This
`
`was
`
`all
`
`a ploy,
`
`as I
`
`returned
`
`home
`
`and
`
`the Defendant
`
`was
`
`already
`
`in the
`
`driveway
`
`of
`
`the
`
`house,
`
`waiting
`
`to take
`
`items
`
`out.
`
`Thus,
`
`Defendant
`
`put
`
`her
`
`son
`
`up to calling
`
`me simply
`
`and
`
`ensure
`
`get home.
`
`to waste my time
`
`she could
`
`40.
`
`When
`
`I got
`
`home
`
`Defendant
`
`ran
`
`to the bathroom
`
`and we both
`
`called
`
`the ALLENDALE
`
`police
`
`department
`
`separately,
`
`who
`
`arrived
`
`and
`
`removed
`
`her
`
`from
`
`the
`
`residence.
`
`I of
`
`course
`
`allowed
`
`her
`
`to remove
`
`her
`
`personal
`
`items
`
`when
`
`she left.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for Exhibit
`
`"G"
`
`is a true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the October
`
`30,
`
`2019
`
`police
`
`report
`
`and
`
`email
`
`I
`
`received
`
`on April
`
`15, 2020
`
`with
`
`the
`
`same.
`
`As
`
`the Court
`
`can
`
`observe,
`
`therein
`
`the
`
`LAW OFFICES
`301 North Main Street,
`708-9100
`(845)
`
`9
`P.C.
`J. SEXTON,
`OF JAMES
`Suite
`1, New City, New York
`/ www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
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`
`

`

`report
`
`discusses
`
`her
`
`entry
`
`into
`
`the
`
`home,
`
`and
`
`her
`
`belligerent
`
`acts
`
`leading
`
`up to the
`
`incident.
`
`Additionally,
`
`the
`
`report
`
`references
`
`"Ms.
`
`Reiser
`
`was
`
`excited
`
`and panicked,
`
`shuffling
`
`through
`
`personal
`
`items".
`
`As discussed
`
`herein
`
`below,
`
`based
`
`on this
`
`behavior
`
`and
`
`her
`
`later
`
`behavior
`
`related
`
`to her
`
`personal
`
`effects,
`
`I am lead
`
`to believe
`
`that
`
`she was
`
`covering
`
`up
`
`her
`
`dossier
`
`that
`
`she maintained
`
`with
`
`former
`
`lover's
`
`sensitive
`
`and
`
`confidential
`
`about
`
`what
`
`information
`
`she has
`
`stolen
`
`information.
`
`I am also
`
`concerned
`
`from me.
`
`41.
`
`Finally,
`
`ofnote,
`
`the report
`
`states:
`
`"Officer
`
`confirmed
`
`that
`
`no physical
`
`contact
`
`or
`
`threats
`
`were
`
`used
`
`at any
`
`time
`
`during
`
`the
`
`course
`
`of
`
`the
`
`dispute
`
`between
`
`the
`
`couple".
`
`42.
`
`Unfortunately,
`
`our
`
`termination
`
`of
`
`engagement
`
`did
`
`not
`
`last
`
`long
`
`and
`
`the Defendant
`
`and
`
`I
`
`talked
`
`about
`
`re-committing
`
`to marry
`
`following
`
`the
`
`now
`
`second
`
`cancellation.
`
`Defendant
`
`said
`
`she would
`
`if
`
`I provided
`
`her with
`
`and replaced
`
`funds
`
`in the
`
`accept my proposal
`
`the ring
`
`joint
`
`marriage
`
`account.
`
`I placed
`
`TWO HUNDRED
`
`FIFTY
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($250,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`in the joint
`
`account
`
`for
`
`our marriage
`
`in light
`
`of her
`
`request
`
`on
`
`October
`
`30,
`
`2019.
`
`43.
`
`Sadly,
`
`the Defendant
`
`was
`
`not
`
`interested
`
`in actually
`
`marrying
`
`me and,
`
`in the months
`
`that
`
`followed
`
`her
`
`fake
`
`agreement
`
`to marry
`
`would
`
`come
`
`to
`
`light,
`
`along
`
`with
`
`a breadth
`
`of
`
`concerning
`
`other
`
`behaviors.
`
`44.
`
`On October
`
`31,
`
`2019,
`
`one
`
`day
`
`after
`
`I had
`
`transferred
`
`in the TWO HUNDRED
`
`FIFTY
`
`(1)
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($250,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`transferred
`
`ONE
`
`HUNDRED
`
`THOUSAND
`
`AND 00/100
`
`($100,000.00)
`
`DOLLARS,
`
`claiming
`
`that
`
`it was
`
`part
`
`of
`
`our
`
`agreement
`
`I did
`
`not want
`
`to sour
`
`things
`
`and
`
`agreed
`
`that
`
`it could
`
`be part
`
`of our
`
`now
`
`third
`
`agreement
`
`to marry.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and
`
`for
`
`Exhibit
`
`"H"
`
`are
`
`true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`the
`
`joint
`
`CHASE
`
`account
`
`ending
`
`in
`
`x5810
`
`from
`
`account
`
`opening
`
`in
`
`LAW OFFICES
`301 North Main
`Street,
`708-9100
`(846)
`
`10
`J. SEXTON,
`OF JAMES
`P.C.
`Suite
`1, New City, New York
`/ www.rocklanddivorce.com
`
`10956
`
`

`

`August
`
`2019
`
`through
`
`the
`
`closing
`
`in February
`
`2020.
`
`5.
`
`Unfortunately,
`
`starting
`
`in November
`
`2019,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`started
`
`her
`
`financial
`
`theft,
`
`beginning
`
`to use the joint
`
`CHASE
`
`account
`
`for
`
`her
`
`ordinary
`
`expenses,
`
`despite
`
`(1)
`
`returning
`
`to work
`
`as a licensed
`
`therapist,
`
`(2)
`
`collecting
`
`rent
`
`on her
`
`own
`
`real
`
`property
`
`and
`
`(3)
`
`her
`
`continued
`
`allowed
`
`use
`
`of my AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`credit
`
`card.
`
`46.
`
`Specifically,
`
`she
`
`started
`
`never
`
`agreed
`
`to ramp
`
`up her
`
`spending
`
`in a way
`
`to or authorized,
`
`on my AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`credit
`
`card.
`
`Appended
`
`hereto
`
`as and for Exhibit
`
`"P'
`
`are true
`
`and
`
`accurate
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`the AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS
`
`expenditures
`
`made
`
`by
`
`Defendant.
`
`While
`
`she
`
`averaged
`
`a spending
`
`of
`
`approximately
`
`TWO HUNDRED
`
`AND FORTY
`
`($246)
`
`DOLLARS
`
`in September
`
`and October
`
`2019
`
`on the AMERICAN
`
`EXPRESS,
`
`SIX
`
`from
`
`Decemb