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   hillary.lied@hillaryclinton.com says...   
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   > Kurt Nicklas  wrote in   
   > news:ssdjpq$gthq$72@news.freedyn.de:   
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   > > max headroom wrote   
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   > >> All Democrats have brain tumors.  They sit on them.   
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   > ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. ? A former social worker charged with falsely   
   > accusing an Aurora city councilwoman of child abuse saw her criminal case   
   > take a dramatic turn Monday when her attorneys quit amid allegations that   
   > she faked a brain tumor diagnosis.   
   >   
   > Now Robin Niceta, 41, could face additional criminal charges -- and the   
   > attorneys involved in the case could also suffer repercussions -- after a   
   > motion filed by her lawyers March 31 that requested an evaluation to   
   > determine if she was incompetent to stand trial. That motion and medical   
   > records attached to it remain sealed, but statements in court and a filing   
   > by the special prosecutor in the case showed that it included documents   
   > purported to show that Niceta had brain cancer that was very likely   
   > terminal.   
   >   
   > If Niceta had been evaluated, and found incompetent, the ramifications   
   > could have included dismissal of the charges.   
   >   
   > In the wake of the new disclosures, Arapahoe County District Court Judge   
   > David Karpel said the trial would go on as scheduled on Aug. 1.   
   >   
   > ?The court is gravely concerned," Karpel said during the hearing. "I?m   
   > gravely concerned about the veracity of a number of the statements that   
   > were made in the defense?s motion seeking incompetency.?   
   >   
   > Those concerns led Karpel to order Niceta to appear in person for the   
   > hearing.   
   >   
   > Niceta, 41, faces a felony charge of attempting to influence a public   
   > servant and a separate misdemeanor count of filing a false child abuse   
   > report.   
   >   
   > According to court documents, the criminal case involving Niceta began in   
   > January 2022, when an anonymous phone tip called into the Arapahoe County   
   > Department of Human Services suggested that Aurora City Councilwoman   
   > Danielle Jurinsky may have sexually abused her young son. Case workers   
   > investigated but found that Jurinsky did nothing wrong and closed the   
   > case.   
   >   
   > At the same time, according to court documents, the anonymous call was   
   > traced to Niceta, then the partner of former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa   
   > Wilson. She was accused of making the call the day after Jurinsky   
   > criticized Wilson while speaking on a podcast, calling her ?trash,?   
   > according to court documents.   
   >   
   > The criminal case against Niceta was working its way through the court   
   > when her attorneys filed two motions ? one on March 24 to delay her trial   
   > and one on March 31 seeking an evaluation of whether she was incompetent.   
   > Other court documents make it clear that Niceta?s attorneys provided   
   > medical records purported to show that she had been diagnosed with   
   > glioblastoma, the most aggressive and common type of brain cancer and one   
   > that is usually deadly.   
   >   
   > Daniel Cohen, a chief deputy district attorney from Denver who is acting   
   > as special prosecutor in the case, asserted in a court filing that MRI   
   > images purported to show Niceta's brain tumor could be found on the   
   > internet with a simple search -- and that the doctor and clinic listed in   
   > medical records filed with the court appear not to exist.   
   >   
   > He also suggested that Niceta's own attorneys were hoodwinked.   
   >   
   > ?It is the people?s earnest belief that the information below was just as   
   > new and surprising to the defense counsel as it was to the people,? Cohen   
   > wrote in a motion filed last week.   
   >   
   > In court Monday, he also told the judge that he did not believe defense   
   > attorneys Marci LaBranche and John Graham "provided me with anything that   
   > was knowingly false.?   
   >   
   > But Judge Karpel pointed out that some of the records submitted to the   
   > court by the defense suggested that Niceta had suffered cognitive decline   
   > after a 2021 assault and then experienced a brain aneurysm in February   
   > 2022 that left her "essentially non-verbal." But there was a problem,   
   > Karpel said: Among the items submitted to the court was a videotaped   
   > interview with Niceta done on May 3, 2022.   
   >   
   > ?In that interview, Miss Niceta was quite verbal,? the judge said.   
   >   
   > Karpel told the attorneys he had to make a determination as to whether the   
   > lawyers should face an inquiry into a potential violation of one of the   
   > rules governing the conduct of lawyers in court. Rule 3.3, headed "Candor   
   > Toward the Tribunal," prohibits attorneys from knowingly making a false   
   > statement to the court -- or failing to correct a false statement of fact   
   > or law made previously.   
   >   
   > Kerpel did not indicate how soon he might make a decision on that issue.   
   >   
   > After a discussion about the request from LaBranche and Graham to withdraw   
   > from the case, Kerpel turned to Niceta.   
   >   
   > ?Your attorneys want off your case," the judge said. "And they?re saying   
   > they want off your case due to irreconcilable differences.?   
   >   
   > He asked Niceta if she consented to letting them stop representing her.   
   >   
   > ?Yes," she said. "I appreciate everything that they have done.?   
   >   
   > Another lawyer, Frank Moya, agreed to take the case. And he told the judge   
   > he would abandon the question of whether Niceta is competent to go ahead.   
   >   
   > Niceta and Moya left the courthouse without answering questions from   
   > reporters.   
   >   
   > Jurinsky, however, did speak.   
   >   
   > "I have no medical background. I am not a doctor," she said to a reporter.   
   > "I walked out of the last court date -- I walked right over to you, I   
   > believe, and looked right at your camera and said, 'She's a liar. She's a   
   > liar. Not only is she a liar, she's an actress.'"   
   >   
   > "I feel very vindicated today -- I can tell you that," Jurinsky said.   
   >   
   > Jurinsky separately filed a civil defamation suit against Niceta. In that   
   > case, a judge ordered Niceta to pay Jurinsky $3 million.   
   >   
   > Contact 9Wants to Know investigator Kevin Vaughan with tips about this or   
   > any story: kevin.vaughan@9news.com or 303-871-1862.   
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