Fotis Dulos: Had 'Good Relationship' With Missing Wife's Father

HARTFORD, CT — Testifying on his own behalf in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday, Fotis Dulos said he had a "very good relationship" with his late father-in-law Hilliard Farber, and that money Farber gave him for his business was a gift, writes the Hartford Courant.

Dulos, the estranged husband of missing New Canaan mother-of-five Jennifer Farber Dulos, was testifying in the civil lawsuit filed by his mother-in-law Gloria Farber, who claims he owes her more than $2 million for loans the family gave him for his luxury home building business.

The money from the Farbers was provided between 2004 and 2016, and at one point in the testimony, Dulos said that his father-in-law told him that the funds were not loans, following the 2010 birth of his and Jennifer Dulos' fifth child, reports News 12 Connecticut's Marissa Alter.

Dulos is fighting with Farber in court on two legal fronts, the civil case and a custody battle over the children. Farber has had the children in her care since May 24, the day when Jennifer Dulos disappeared, and she is seeking sole custody.

The Duloses were in the midst of a divorce at the time of Jennifer's disappearance, and Fotis Dulos and his ex-girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, have been charged in connection with the disappearance.

Outside of court on Tuesday, Rena Dulos, Fotis' sister, told Fox61's Ashley Afonso that her brother could not have harmed Jennifer. Blood and other evidence was found in Jennifer Dulos' New Canaan home following her disappearance, and Fotis Dulos and Troconis are accused of discarding blood-stained items in the Hartford area after the disappearance.

The civil trial will resume on Wednesday and may continue to additional days this week. Troconis, who has been ordered to answer some deposition questions in the civil case, is scheduled to appear in Stamford court on Friday in the criminal matter.

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