Man Accused Of Shooting NJ Judge’s Son Wrote Of Hatred For Women

NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A disturbing identity has emerged about the man accused of gunning down and killing the son of a federal judge Sunday evening in North Brunswick, one in which accused killer Roy Den Hollander devoted his life and career to hating feminism, political correctness, affirmative action and many other topics.

But perhaps deeper than that, he just plain hated women, starting with his mother, according to his online writings.

"All I ever wanted of females, from mother to wife, was someone to trust, but all I got was duplicity, treachery, infidelity and ruthless self-interest," Hollander wrote in the epilogue to his self-published book. "The feminine evil pounds every guy in an effort to subjugate them to female whims and sacrifice them to female desires ... They believe men exist solely as a tool to gratify their vanity of greed and lust for power."

Hollander is now dead, having killed himself after police say he gunned down the husband and son of U.S. Judge Esther Salas, killing her son instantly. Her husband remains hospitalized. Salas was in the basement at the time of the shooting and was unharmed.

Hollander's body was found at 8:15 a.m. the next day, in a campsite in the Catskills town of Rockland. He died of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to New York State Police.

An envelope addressed to Salas was found in his car at the campsite Monday, according to ABC. The name and photo of another female judge was also found next to him, that of New York state Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, said a spokeswoman for DiFoire. DiFiore is now getting around-the-clock security from New York State Police, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday morning.

Hollander is also now being investigated in connection with an eerily similar murder that took place in California ten days ago. Similar to the North Brunswick shooting, another anti-feminist lawyer, Mark Anglelucci, was killed by a man wearing a FedEx uniform who knocked on his door and shot him. The FBI is investigated whether there is a connection to Hollander, ABC 7 reported.

Hollander's past interactions with Salas:

Hollander, 72, first came into contact with Judge Salas in 2015, when he filed a lawsuit arguing that requiring only men to register for the draft was sex discrimination. In that suit, he represented Elizabeth Kyle-Labell, a then-17-year-old New Jersey woman who wanted to register for the U.S. draft.

Because his lawsuit was challenging the U.S. Constitution, it rose to the level of a federal judge and was given to Salas, assigned to the federal courthouse in Newark.

"The case began over the July 4th weekend of 2015, and was assigned to this hot Latina Judge in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey whom Obama had appointed," Hollander wrote in his online manifesto. "At first, I wanted to ask the Judge out, but thought she might hold me in contempt."

Ironically, Salas ultimately allowed Hollander's case to proceed, ruling in 2019 that the case could move forward through the court system. Despite her ruling in his favor, Hollander railed against her, calling her "a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama."

"After Salas agreed to allow the DOJ its fourth motion to dismiss, I checked her bio," he wrote. "Female judges didn’t bother me as long as they were middle age or older black ladies. They seemed to have an understanding of how life worked and were not about to be conned by any foot dragging lawyer. Latinas, however, were usually a problem—driven by an inferiority complex."

Salas also grew up as the daughter of poor Cuban immigrants in Union City, raised by a single mother, but Hollander depicted her upbringing as:

"It was the usual effort to blame a man and turn someone into super girl — daddy abandoned us, we were indigent, which means they lived off of the taxpayer, but we overcame all odds. Right, affirmative action got her into and through college and law school," he wrote. "Salas worked as an associate in an ambulance-chasing firm doing basic criminal work ... Joined politically correct organizations trying to convince America that whites, especially white males, were barbarians, and all those of a darker skin complexion were victims."

He added:

"She did, however, have one accomplishment — high school cheerleader."

"Was she trying to keep this case in her court until a weatherman showed her which way the legal winds were blowing?" he wrote. "Salas clearly wanted to further her career by moving up the judicial ladder to the Court of Appeals or maybe even the Supreme Court. After all, there was now a Latina seat in the form of Sotomayor on the Court."

Salas was only one of his targets

Hollander made a name for himself as a crusading "anti-feminist lawyer." He earned his M.B.A. from Columbia University Business School and his law degree from George Washington University Law School, according to his resume. He knew how to work the U.S. legal system, filing dozens of lawsuits that argued against what he called the invasion of feminism and political correctness.

However, his arguments against feminism oftentimes dissolved into sheer hatred for women, as he railed against his mother and his ex-wife, calling her a "prostitute." In fact, Hollander dedicated his manifesto to his mother, writing "To my Mother: May she burn in Hell."

In 2009, he sued Columbia University because the school offered courses in women's studies but did not offer courses in men's studies, according to the New York Times. The suit was thrown out by a judge.

In 2013, he sued a Manhattan nightclub that required him to order a $350 bottle of vodka to enter while allowing young, attractive women in for free, according to The Daily News. That lawsuit was also tossed. He's also sued several Manhattan nightclubs for hosting "ladies' nights" drink specials, saying such drink specials are discriminatory against men.

"I'm beginning to think it's time for vigilante justice – civil disobedience," he told the Daily News when that lawsuit was rejected. "I was ticked off, but I've come to the conclusion that whenever I go into court and I'm fighting feminist ideology or political correctness, I'm going to lose."

Hollander, who lived in New York City, campaigned for President Donald Trump in 2016, and attended his inauguration.

"I started doing volunteer work for the Trump Presidential Campaign — leaving the law library in the early afternoon for Trump Tower, 12 blocks up Fifth Avenue, to make telephone calls during the primaries and the general election," he wrote. "Most of the Trump Tower callers were aging baby boomers like me. Once in a while some hot young model chick would show up to make calls. They never sat next to me."

Hollander also often appeared in the media, talking on MSNBC and Fox News. You can hear him below in this Colbert Report clip, where he says: "I will fight for the rights of any guy. If it's a guy, I'll be glad to fight for his rights. I am speaking for a lot of guys who are too scared to come out and say I'm tired these feminists walking over my rights."

"Let's get 100,000 armed guys down in D.C.," he later said in the same interview. "I'm willing to go down with you guys, let's go."

Hollander had also recently been diagnosed with cancer, specifically melanoma, according to this deactivated GoFundMe page for him. "Cancer knocks you down & doctors finish you off," he or someone else wrote.

He was convinced he was going to die, writing: "There has been a joy in fighting everybody who violates my rights, especially the Feminazis, but nothing in this life matters anymore. All the illusions and false hopes no longer hold sway. Death’s hand is on my left shoulder as it walks beside me, and that’s just fine. The only problem with a life lived too long under Feminazi rule is that a man ends up with so many enemies he can’t even the score with all of them."

"The Feminazis, I despise them!," he continued. "Until my last dollar or last breath, I will fight them, and if there is anything after death, I will fight them for eternity."

Accused of killing judge's son at the front door of her home

As Patch reported, Hollander is accused of walking up to the front door of the family's North Brunswick home just past 5 p.m. Sunday and spraying a hail of bullets when either the judge's son or her husband answered the door.

Salas was in the basement at the time. She was unharmed. Her 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl, was killed at the scene. Her husband, criminal defense lawyer Mark Anderl, 63, was critically wounded, underwent surgery and is recovering at a hospital in New Brunswick.

"The FBI has identified Roy Den Hollander as the primary subject in the attack that occurred at the home of the Honorable Esther Salas on July 19," said U.S. Attorney Craig Carpentino Monday. "Den Hollander is now deceased."

Salas handled a range of cases: She was assigned to oversee a lawsuit brought by investors against Deutsche Bank over its handling of financial matters related to Jeffrey Epstein, reported Fortune magazine. She also set the jail terms after "Real Housewives" stars Joe and Teresa Giudice were convicted of fraud; Giudice said the family was praying for her after Sunday's shooting.

Keep reading: Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of Judge's Son In NJ Is Dead: Feds (July 20)

Mourning Daniel Anderl, The Murdered Son Of A Federal Judge (July 20)

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