Michelle Troconis' Attorney Files Dulos Brief With CT Supreme Court

NEW CANAAN, CT — Attorney Jon Schoenhorn, the lawyer representing Michelle Troconis, argues in a brief to the state Supreme Court that his client should be allowed to receive Jennifer Farber Dulos' divorce transcripts because a lower court erred in denying the request for the documents.

Schoenhorn filed a 67-page brief with the Connecticut Supreme Court this week, a little over a month after the state Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal for the documents.

Troconis is one of two defendants set to stand trial in the three-year disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, who law enforcement believes was murdered by her estranged husband, the late Fotis Dulos. The other defendant is former attorney Kent Mawhinney, who was a friend of Fotis.

Both Troconis, who is Fotis Dulos' former girlfriend, and Mawhinney are accused of assisting Fotis in the kidnapping and murder plot, for which Fotis was charged. He died in January 2020 following a suicide attempt. Troconis and Mawhinney deny the charges and have pleaded not guilty.

Jennifer Dulos disappeared from her New Canaan home on May 24, 2019, and her body has not been found. She is presumed to be dead.

The Duloses were in the midst of a contentious divorce at the time of her disappearance, and the transcripts from those proceedings were sealed by Family Court Judge Donna Heller.

When Schoenhorn sought the transcripts from the proceedings, which he argues he needs in the defense of his client, he was denied them by Chief Court Reporter Melodie Moss. Schoenhorn sued Moss, but lost the case because Superior Court Judge David Sheriden essentially said the suit against Moss was an indirect shot at the decision to seal the documents, wrote CT Insider.

Schoenhorn appealed that decision, and it will now be heard by the state Supreme Court; when that will happen has not been determined.

He argues, in part, that the decision by Heller was wrong, because she sealed the case without a hearing, and the subsequent decision by Sheriden to dismiss the case was wrong, because Schoenhorn claims he did not base his decision on the full merits of the case.

Troconis' next scheduled court appearance in the criminal case is a remote hearing on July 14. Mawhinney's case has been marked on the court calendar as set for trial, but a date has not been announced.

The Dulos case:

• Jennifer Dulos Case: New Updates As Mystery Remains Unsolved
• New DNA Evidence Disclosed In Jennifer Dulos Disappearance
• New Documentary Explores Jennifer Dulos Murder Mystery
• Law Enforcement Convinced Someone Knows Where Jennifer Dulos Is
• Troconis Family Issues New Statement In Jennifer Dulos Case
• Michelle Troconis Had Expired Passport, Contact With Fotis: State
• Jennifer Dulos Case Search Warrants: Fotis Tried To Run Her Over
• 6 Facts About Jennifer Dulos Murder Case
• Warrant Details Possible Motive On Why Jennifer Dulos Was Killed And Why Police Believe She Is Dead
• 2 Of 3 Suspects Bond Out In Jennifer Farber Dulos Murder Case
• Mawhinney To Testify Against Troconis In Jennifer Dulos Case
• Motion Filed In Jennifer Dulos Case Seeking Mawhinney Evidence