Michelle Troconis Must Answer Deposition Questions, Judge Rules

NEW CANAAN, CT — A judge in Hartford has ruled that Michelle Troconis, one of the suspects in the disappearance of New Canaan mother-of-five Jennifer Farber Dulos, must answer some deposition questions in a civil lawsuit. Gloria Farber, Jennifer's mother, is suing her estranged son-in-law, Fotis Dulos, for millions of dollars in what she claims were loans to his luxury home business.

Troconis, Fotis Dulos' ex-girlfriend, was deposed in September in the case and repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights during questioning. Attorneys for Farber deposed Troconis reportedly in an effort to gather information on Fotis Dulos' business dealings and finances.

In his decision filed on Friday, Superior Court Judge Cesar Noble said that Troconis must answer certain questions about herself, such as whether she's been deposed before, where she was born and if she is a United States citizen, among others.

The judge, however, is not compelling Troconis to answer other questions that may incriminate her, such as when and where she met Fotis Dulos, and when her intimate relationship began with him, among others.

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Out of more than 180 questions Farber's attorneys posed to Troconis, she will only have to answer 16, or less than one-tenth, according to the ruling.

Both Troconis and Fotis Dulos have been charged with tampering with evidence and hindering a prosecution in connection with Jennifer Dulos' disappearance on May 24. She remains missing six months later; the two suspects have both pleaded not guilty.

In a related matter, Troconis is seeking court permission to briefly travel out-of-state on Dec. 13, a week after her Dec. 6 hearing in the criminal case, to pick up her daughter from JFK Airport in New York, writes the Stamford Advocate.

The daughter is flying to the United States from Argentina, and if permission is granted, this New York trip will mark the second time Troconis will have left the state. During the summer, she was granted permission to travel to New York to visit a friend, but the trip was cut short when the GPS tracking device attached to her ankle stopped working.

Both Troconis and Fotis Dulos are outfitted with the devices as a condition of their release on bond to monitor their whereabouts.

Fotis Dulos' next court appearance in the criminal case is scheduled for Jan. 7.