Judge Jeanine Pirro on the Tragic Suicide of Anne Morrell Petrillo

When I took the oath of office to become the Westchester County District Attorney, I never expected my phone to ring in the pre-dawn hours of my first day-New Year's Day-with the gruesome details of a savage attack on the heiress of the Scripps publishing fortune - Anne Scripps Douglas.

Anne, the mother of three daughters, was found in her home bludgeoned, unconscious and dying on a bed, the sheets covered with blood. Curled protectively next to her body was her terrier puppy. Three-year-old Victoria, her daughter, we thought was asleep in another room. Scott Douglas, her husband, was nowhere to be found and his BMW was missing.

Tragically, Anne had gone to Westchester Family Court to get an order of protection against her husband, but was turned away because the judge was on vacation.
Shortly after police discovered Anne's bludgeoned body, a BMW was found idling on the Tappan Zee Bridge - a bloody claw hammer inside. Anne's family and friends told us that Scott purchased camping equipment a few days before and the car could be nothing more than a ruse. We had no way of knowing whether Scott actually jumped off the bridge. Given the cold weather, if he did jump, it wasn't likely his body would surface before spring. As for the details of what occurred that night, we had a witness. Three-year-old Victoria, in tearful confusion, said daddy was giving mommy many "bad boo boos." And so began a national manhunt.

I met Anne's other daughters, Anne and Alexandra, at the Bronxville home where their mother was murdered, and stayed in touch with them throughout the investigation. We continued to work the case as the icy winter turned into spring. Finally, three months later a "floater" appeared a few miles downstream from the bridge. The gold watch on his wrist eerily confirmed his hour of death as midnight on New Year's Eve.

Over the years, whenever I would see Anne, I couldn't help but think of the nightmare that she must carry within her. This past week, in a move strikingly similar to the stepfather's who murdered her mother, Anne Morell Petrillo jumped off the same Tappan Zee Bridge with her car parked along the side. Reports are that she left a suicide note saying, "I love everyone but this is what I want." A family member stated, "The murder set the tone for her entire life."

You toss a stone into a pond and it creates an ever-widening ripple. Acts of violence, like stones tossed in a pond, create permanent ripples, spreading far beyond the immediate victim. Long after the work of the courts is finished, long after the public's attention has moved onto other stories and a victim's memory is relegated to old newspaper articles, the ripples caused by a murder will continue to have resounding effects.
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The one one the web wasn't the one I saw today, in regards to should we allow people to sue for breaking an engagement for cheating after wedding was paid for........I am summarizing of course.
I just wanted to say, people change their minds all the time, and that would open a floodgate for the courts to allow people who change their mind to be sued. I am just a nurse (so i only know the nurse practice act, not the whole justice system) and I am wondering where the line would be drawn on people who changed their mind. We have court systems for people who actually go through with marriage, but wouldn't this be opening up a new door for more frivilous law suits (probably spelled that wrong) than neccessary. Unless someone intentionally allowed someone to purchase all the necessaries to have a wedding under false pretenses with heavy proof, I don't know how they could start a new law like this, and I am a very conservative Conservative. Morally it is wrong but is that really a law we need to have in place for our justice system to waste their time on. Emotional distress, maybe, but legally, we cannot obligate the justice system to mitigate circumstances between couples when one changes their minds, can you imagine how many more cases you would have???? I'm just sayin! The person to whom this was done should bear some responsibility to pick someone whom they are sure of (they are hookin their star to their wagon, after all, according to judge judy,,,,lol) and should have picked better!
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your honor judge jeanine piro..u r the best judge in the whole wide world..u listen to ur charges n u truly care about them n their prob regardless of how awful or petty..all the other judges seem to try n one up each other i cringe n absolutly refuse to listen to them but the 1st time i heard u it was so grand to see u in action on ur bench..they could combine every single judge on tv and u still outshine em all..thank god 4 ppl like u keep up the good work the others could learn so much from u in fact the others r a close 2nd to the jerry springer show n i would not watch him if his show was the only one on tv..take care i hope u get to see this...sincerly...sharyn

Judge Jeanine Pirro, First of all I love your show but most of all I need help or maybe questions answered on what happened to my son in 2000 and now his only daughter and the relation ship we once had until 2 and 1/2 years ago when my ex daughter inlaw decided to become a mother after I found out about the what and how they were teaching my only granddaughter and I can show from june of 2000 where I have tried to help my son with the way he passed and his daughter but I was told by one of my son's principuls, she said "Mrs. Jodie even though your white now you know what decremanations feels like" and you know I even talk to a attorney and he said "Jo I hate to say this but you need money and that is one thing you do not have to help Jon on how he was shot durning a Domestic Violence"! That his own wife said it was a accident and that she was the one hitting him in the face, but when they said he was pretty well bruised around the stomach and private area, but what did My home town do on that? Nothing she was intervied by the police and they let her go! Now this happened with his daughter there 5 1/2 months old. I will try and go back a little bit, they had been going to gether from the time she was 15 and he was 16. He told me that she was the girl that had been beat by her mom and step dad, that you said you would help when I was 10 and that when I went down to tell her that you would help she was gone they had moved out. So that was that! Now when they met again she was living with her own dad who from the courts said that he had did the bad touch on her at the age of 8 and her own mom put her back with him at the age of 12. So now she was on drugs, going with who ever. Here my son is 16 and he played all sports, worked, and sometimes got into trouble.. So when they got back together I went to court to get her away from the drugs and things that were going on in her father's home.. So now I was to get money from her dad for medical, school, clothes and what ever she may need! At court her own mother never showed. But every other weekend she was picked up on a Friday but by 10 pm she had called my son for us to pick her up. So we did and came back home. In 1999 my granddaughter was born but with the trouble they were having and all the marks from bites to keys scratching his face, my son told her until I can say I love you and can trust you then we will get married. Now you have to understand she was a very conning person, in fact she almost had me convinced my son was hurting her but when there is bite marks on his back, and then other things she had done to him she decided to turn on her con to my son's favorite Aunt and it worked. Now I find out that she wanted my sister take temp. custody of my granddaughter because they were both working at Honda nites and she wanted to run on the week ends.. My son said No that was his daughter so yes he called his attorney and was told that she could do what she wanted too because they were not married, but if he were and with all the abuse he had been through with her and she even told him don't leave me alone with her because I might hurt her! So when you look at photo's most of them are my son and his daughter even his at the time future mother in law said he was so good with her. Next I knew he called after Christmas and said he was going to get married, but she don't want me there nor did she let me watch my granddaughter his Aunt did, but that was how she would cause trouble with family members. So on the 27 of December, 1999 they were married. When he called me he said now Mom I have rights to my daughter. A couple of days later they came down and she told me that she was told by her mom that if she would divorce my son she could quit work, get allimony and child support and since she was planning on get a place in Springfield cause she was leaving her 4th husband. I said first of all you will not get allimony cause you can work and two why in the heck did you want to get married then? Because no one else was going to get him (my son). Then in January they took me out to eat then on the 24 of January 2000 I left to help my mother and he was at my home from the night before she just up and quit her job and left him there. So I had to go pick him up! So all I know he got up took a shower but in between he would call her to see if he could spend quality time with my granddaughter before she took off with her mom. He called his attorney to get a appointment, and called the local Sheriff's office to get his over thousand dollar sterro equipment out of our car. Then he asked if I could leave a little early so he could spend time with his daughter and maybe find out what was wrong with his wife. So I left but I forgot something so I asked my mother to go and get and she said that he was holding his daughter while running the sweeper, as they were leaving his wife pulled up and doubled parked so mom had to back out but she stayed there. I had always listened to a police scanner incase the roads got bad or a missing child or ?? But this time it said "A man has been shot at 140 S---- S-----and so so (his wife and she even used her maiden name)called to say this,, Now I made a U turn and I got there before the Police. For the first time my front door was locked, all dogs were outside in pin, back door open, and my son on the floor leaning against the side of my couch. She was talking on the phone and all I could see was So much Blood on her. It was in her hair on her face and on her clothes. Now the first officer came but stood at the front door and still let people in so then he yells where is the gun and about the upteen time I asked his wife where it was and she said in the bedroom under the bed, now how would she know if she was outside when HE was to have shot himself in the upper right shoulder with a 12 shotgun. (now this gun has not been used for at least 2 years) now when I went to get it I had to get down on my knees then almost had to lie down because it was shoved with the barrel facing me up against the front of the bed. Now when I was comming out I ran into a guy and said who are you and he was a off duty police officer, so why didn't he get the gun. Still it has not hit me that, that was my son there but he was without a shirt now, all I could see was his eyes, asking me to help but it was like a dream then it turned into a nightmare and stll is because I have no answers to why she got away with it, I mean she told the rookie officer and he did not arrest her for hitting Him. In fact she told me and her mother that before she called 911 she washed some of J--- blood then after she got home to her dads she had him wash her clothes she had on, the police should have kept them to see if it was his or her blood. They never once talk to his family or anyone concerning how she would hurt him. Heck right after her 16 birthday party we had for her she went after him with a butcher knife, he called this lady who had been with her for years at Mental Health for children doing things to others or themself. She said it was because she wished her parents cared about her like I did my son. My son was going to make it on the 6th day but when she was told this she took off and I never saw her again until around 1am and there were 2 couches one in front of the window where i had slept and she on the next one but that night she was on the one I had always been on, but then she woke up and told me she had been with him by herself, and she was not to be in there without us or a nurse. Then about 6 hours later I was waked by people coming and going out of his room then they came out with tears in their eyes, now these 4 people who had said he was going to make it and even had him going to surgery to start working on his arm where the bullet or ? came out because he had a place in the front and back too. My son 19 who had trouble with his fingers from football and a where his dog bit him that she even said his hands hurt so bad that he would take advil when he got home from work. But this boy had not one but Three heart attacks but compaired to the medical report his heart was fine, he also said it could have entered from back to front or front to back! They said he had a gash on his forhead, but the last time I saw him while alive there was none, so how did that get there? But this medical person said after all that Suicide! and it also said that it was because his Aunt told him that they would have to move if his wife did not stop and him waking them up by her screaming or knocking him down the basement steps, In fact my brother in law said if his wife did that and leave marks on him he would stay home or get drunk, but my son would say he had a child to take care of! Now at the funneral the police officers that infact were crying too and saying that they were so sorry that they screwed on investigating his case at the house. I mean the shotgun was still in London Ohio and was still being checked for finger prints and to me just because the medical person said suicide or even murdered, You should not stop the CSI people doing their job which I was told 6 mos later that she took a lie detecter test and she was so high on coke that she even got her hand caught in police car while flipping out a cigerate. You know her friend said they were both high. They said she passed to me that was a wast of tax payers money.. I mean like the gun my finger prints should had been on the barrel almost at the end, again they said none except smeared ones. I am so sorry but who or where do you turn? I have written to important people here in our city, and when I called our medical personal Mr. R------ said that from what I have told him and others that this was Not a Suicide. He also said that he is also a doctor and some of his patients have told him "they had a feeling this would happen to him. Now the day I buried my son, my best friend, and a father of a beautiful daughter that he wanted so much to look after, may have been out of sight but always with us in our hearts and dreams. I will until my dying day find out the truth some how and I pray that just maybe you could help me or tell me to go! On that same day his wife left around 6pm said she would be back and never saw her again for 3 days nor heard from her. She said she got pulled over amd was sp drunk that they felt sorry for her and let her go, then her and a friend got picked up for underage drinking, she said they were looking for her husbands ring she or he threw one day, I think it was the weekend before he was hurt?. Please my son picked up the phone to call the police that day she told the police that but she told him who they going to believe you or me? She said he then put the phone down while holding his daughter and this time he put the baby in the car seat and when she went to hit him he hit her one time in the nose. Please help me my daughter in law broke in to my home and stoled things including her own daughters check for 1700.00 so she could do more coke and other drugs. Sometimes this girl was so high when she would visit that she had the baby with her and I had to givve her money to see my only granddaughter then I found out she was doing the same thing to my older sister. But I will write another post for her because she is also being choked and slung around like a rag doll but where she lives at now another state, she told her teacher why she was not able to sit down and instead of calling children services they called her mom and step-dad. Your right they told the school that she fell off her horse, but why wasn't there other marks if that is what happened? There have been horses in our family for a long time in fact her own father rode in open show at the age of 5 to where we would put tape on the buttom of his boots so they would stay in the stir-up and when he did fall it was his elbows and lower arms and down. Right I ask who ever reads this but it is almost another year on the 31 of January and I have trouble spelling my own name so please forgive me and I can not remember where the spelling gaget would be. A very confused Mother who needs answers and why they let her get away with so much, right now they have 4 or 5 warrents after her and they took her drivers l away for not paying her fines but from what I am told she has been driving at her new state so whether that is legal I have no idea but she does sneak in and out of Ohio and her mother hides her and they tell my granddaughter not to tell any of her Daddy's family cause they will tell the police she is in Ohio and get her arrested. And if she did and they find out they will make sure that she never see's me again cause they will put her in a place where I will never find her.. To me that is wrong for any parent or grandparents to do but like I said the court system does not care about the truth because she would not be with them today to learn to run from the law, do not ware a seat belt or sit in a child seat, no they have taught her to duck her head down, that is so wrong but when she is with me she is the honest, little girl but also she told me one day mamaw who can I trust now since I am so far away from you and she no longer takes her dads picture with her because she is not aloud to have it. They take them away from her, her step dad has not gave him his last name throu the court system yet but after the deal on hitting her they took her out the following year and even made her go under his last name, but they get away with it no matter what. I had better go but I will wait hopefully for you Judge Pirro because her mother got away with it once and told everyone the best way for a girl to get rid of a husband so no one else can have him put him 6 ft under.. This girl had a lot of friends but now they hate her for what she had done to him. Sorry but I will go now. Thank You, and all you Mothers who have son don't let this happened to your son because a girl can get away with it more then a man unless you have a judge like Judge J. Pirro May God Bless her Forever

NEGLECTED DOG
Dear Judge Pirro,
Please help us to help the St. Bernard who lives next door to us. Heidi is about 2 years old. She has a beautiful disposition. The problem is that she is neglected. Last summer, she had no food, water or shelter. My husband and I fed and gave water to her and contacted the Dayton, Ohio SPCA for help. They sent someone out and instructed her owner to provide the necessities for her. This winter, she has a tent for shelter, but we do not see any food or water, nor do we see any footsteps in the snow where some might have been provided. Again, we give food to Heidi each day. We have not seen the owner in days, but his car is in his driveway. My husband sees no point in contacting the SPCA again, since the dog's situation has barely improved. I also contacted St. Bernard rescue sites on the Web but was told there was nothing they could do and referred me back to the SPCA. As we already have a dog and two cats, we do not have room for her ourselves. Since the Ohio animal neglect laws are so lax, we are at a loss as to how to proceed. Please advise us.

Thank you,
Betsey Hickland

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FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT I ADMIRE YOU TO NO END,AND APPRECIATE YOUR STANCE, AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE FOR ALL.
I AM WRITING YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ME INFO AS TO WHAT I CAN DO CONCERNING PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE GOING ON IN MY FAMILY.
I HAVE A 22 YEAR OLD NIECE,WHO IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST YOUNG LADIES YOU EVER WANT TO MEET.SHE WAS RAISED IN A TWO PARENT HOME WITH STRONG RELIGOUS TIES.UPON ENTERING COLLEGE... WELL THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS THAT SHE WENT BUCK WILD,RUMORS HAVE IT THAT SHE WAS GANG RAPED IN COLLEGE, ALTHOUGH HER MOTHER AND I CANNOT PROVE IT SINCE SHE DENIES IT, BUT WE FOUND A LETTER SHE WROTE ABOUT A MYSTERY GIRL IN THAT IDENTICAL SITUATION, SO WE DON'T KNOW. SHE DID DROP OUT AT THE SEMESTERS END,AND CAME HOME AND THINGS GOT WORST.SHE MARRIED SOME BOY HER AGE(DID NOT TELL FAMILY SHE WAS GETTING MARRIED), AND IMMEDIATELY THE ABUSE BEGAN.IT FIRST STARTED AS SLAPS TO THE FACE, THAN BUSTED MOUTH, THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
SHE LEFT HIM AND MOVED BACK IN WITH HER MOM,AND WHILE HER MOM WAS OUT HER HUSBAND KICKED IN THE DOOR, SNATCHED HER OUTSIDE, WITH BABY IN HER ARMS AND PUNCHED HER AROUND ALL BODY SHOTS,WE CALLED THE POLICE AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE SHE DID'T CALL THEM THE FIRST TIME(WHEN SHE LEFT HIM)AND THEY COULD NOT SEE FRESH BRUISES, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, I FOUND THIS LUDICRIS, AND MADE HER MOM FILE A COMPLAINT,WHICH SHE DID, WAS TOLD THE OFFICERS DID NOT PERFORM THEIR JOB PROPERLY AND WOULD BE REPREMENDED. NOTHING EVER HAPPENED TO HER ABUSER. MY NIECE WENT BACK TO HIM AFTER ALL HIS BEGGING AND PROMISES TO NEVER DO IT AGAIN.WELL HE DID BEAT HER OVER, AND OVER AGAIN WHEN WE FIND OUT ITS TO LATE TO CALL THE LAW,WE MAKE HER LEAVE HIM (SO FAR AT LEAST 5 TIMES)BUT SHE ALWAYS GOES BACK, HE DOES LITTLE THINGS TO PLAY ON HER LOVE FOR HIM LIKE PRETENDING TO TRY AND KILL HIMSELF,AND OFF SHE GOES.HE HAS CHOKED HER UNTILL SHE BLACKS OUT, THEN THROWS ICE WATER ON HER TO WAKE HER UP AND START OVER AGAIN. SHE IS NOW BACK WITH HER MOM,THIS TIME HE TAPED HER HANDS, FEET, EYES, AND MOUTH UP AND DRAGGED HER INTO THE BATHROOM, WHILE, TOUCHING HER ON THE HEART AREA WITH A BIG KITCHEN KNIFE, AND TELLING HER ALL HE HAD TO DO IS STICK THE KNIFE IN HER HEART AND TWIST, WHILE NAMING OFF A 100 DIFFERENT WAYS TO KILL HER.AT HER MOMS HOUSE WE CATCH HER IN THE CLOSET TALKING TO HIM ON THE TELEPHONE EVEN NOW, AND WE KNOW ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SHE IS CONVINCED TO COME BACK.I KNOW THAT ONE DAY SHE WILL BE A STATISTIC UNLESS WE CAN CONVINCE HER THAT HE IS DEADLY.
LAST MONTH YOUR HONOR,HE WAS BEATING HER AND SHE RAN OUT OF THEIR HOUSE ONTO A MAJOR STREET, AND HE TOOK OFF BEHIND HER AND SNATCHED HER BACK BY HER HAIR, WELL GUESS WHAT YOUR HONOR? THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A OFFICER COMING DOWN THE STREET, AND HE DID STOP TO INVESTIGATE, SHE TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD JUST BEAT HER, AND SHOWED HIM THE SCARS FROM THE PREVIOUS DAYS BEATING,SHE ONLY HAD RED SPOTS ON HER FACE FROM THAT DAY, THAT OFFICER TOLD HER THAT IF HE ARRESTED HER HUSBAND HE WAS GOING TO ARREST HER TO. WHY? BECAUSE UPON HER RUNNING FROM HIM SHE LEFT HER KIDS IN THE HOUSE!
SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE, TO HELP PROTECT HER. WE HAVE ALSO TWICE PUT HER IN A SAFE HOUSE,AND EACH TIME SHE CALLED HIM AND WAS PICKED UP BY HIM.THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE THINGS HE HAS DONE, WAY TO MANY TO NUMBER.YOUR HONOR I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD WRITE SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGMENT TO HER SINCE ALL FAMILY HELP SEEMS TO JUST FALL ON DEAF EARS.MY BOYS ARE SO MAD, AND I HAVE TO PLEAD WITH THEM TO NOT COME FROM CALIFORNIA, AND EXACT THEIR OWN JUSTICE,BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YOUR HONOR, I'AM ALMOST THERE!PLEASE HELP THIS FAMILY WITH YOUR WORDS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE,I REALLY WANT TO HURT HIM BAD, AND DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN DO THE RIGHT THING.

Dear Judge Pirro,

Would just like to tell you the respect and admiration that I have for you. When watching you I always let my husband know that you are absolutely the most incredible person. You make watching a judge show very special and I always hear something or learn something that makes the show more special and you more special. Just want you to know that I so appreciate the woman that you are. I wish you a very Merry Xmas and a Happy Healthy 2010.

Sincerely,

Jill Henderson

Judge Pirro - I love the way you think, the manner in which you 'judge' and deliver judgement...and I have a strong feeling of connection with you for some reason...I think if we lived closer we could be best friends.

Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Happiest of New Years and all life's very best in 2010,

Nancy Horn

Hi Judge, I watched your show today and I was so happy hearing you and the fact that you were a district attorney interest me even more. I came to your website find a way to email you and this story really got my attention. I have a predator who stalks me each and every day for 3 years now. No human being should be violated like this. I'm so tired emotionally and fearful for my life but because I'm not a celebrity, or a famous person what so ever the cops don't take a phychopath stalking and violating you serious. To add insult to injury they put the spotlight on me instead of what I'm saying. I feel so hopeless because I don't know how to get my life, my freedom to live without being violated back. I went to another state from New York thinking that they would not of followed me but I was wrong! I have proof that they followed me because they registered for low income housing also. I really need someone like you to investigate my case and put that person where the criminally insane belongs. I'll end by saying this I was never in a relationship with this person, I never had an interest either. I thought only if you were with someone they can stalk you!!! No one should live like this especially for 3 years!!!

I grew up watching my mother being abused, not just by my father but all 4 of her husbands and thought it was the norm, I married a man who also abused me we had 4 children all a year apart, my oldest has turners syndrome, I stay'd because I was scared and had no where to go and no one to help me, So I do know why some women stay. and I would probely still be in the relationship if it was'nt for the day he's rage extended to my children, the boys were in there room arguing he picked up a 1 by 2 and run in there room and through it at them they were 4 and 5 at the time, I called the police had him removed packed a bag and went to a shelter, I never looked back, I can't say it was'nt hard, We (my kids and I) went thru alot of hard times. no child support,he never came to see them, or even send a birthday card. but we were safe. And when it comes to raising kids without a father no influence is better then a bad one. It took 22years for me to trust again and I am now married too my loving husband and very happy and so are my children, my son grew up to be fine men who know only cowards use violence to solve problems. and I helped my sister who was also being abused. If you think you can't do it, You need to reach deep down and pull up all your strengh and do it. I am now a strong women and have been now for many years. and if I can do it I know anyone can.
thank you
Bev

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I have alot of respect for the person you are and what you do for other people. Many people do not have the ways and means, resources or education to help the people that you do everyday. I'm glad to see that somebody other than myself shares a passion as I do to stop violence and abuse. I really like how you give your personal oppinion in your cases to others to either stop or prevent abuse in the future whenever you see the chance. That is the only way to stop it. You have to do something about it right away as soon as you see it or it will continue and sadly most cases will end up in the newspaper or on the news as a tradjedy. I hope that new people watching your show gain enough confidence,spread it to other people and do every thing they can to help stop violence and abuse of anykind.

Hello Judge Pirro,

After looking at your show today ( which I don't get a chance to see that often, because I work during the day). I was very impressed by the things that were mention in your bio. I too have been in an abrussive relationship for many years, not to mention the fact that it was in my home as a child as well. There are many things I would like to tell you of what I been through, but I would rather put them in a book to help someone else. I am taking classes now in business communication,( as part of my courses);and even though I have a long way to go, I am nevertheless determend more than ever before to tell my story. But I don't know where to begin, I don't have a clue as to how to begin my steps to writing this book,can you help me?

Dear Judge, I am very impressed with the knowledge and kindness that you show towards victims of violent abuse. You also address an usually unmentioned form of abuse which is verbal. It is as serious as physical abuse and it also leaves scars. I was verbally abused for my entire lifetime. I was married for 20 years but I still live with nightmares and PTSD from the abuse.Even though I have been divorced for 5 years I still suffer. I have received therapy even though I'm a mental health technician. The key to recovery is to talk with someone who can actively listen and provide support. I believe that you show more concern than other judges on television. I am very impressed with your show. I believe that over time you will bypass the other judge shows. Keep up the good work. P.S. I've noticed that your journal is filled with people asking for money to help their cases. A person with money has a better chance of winning their case but there are funds available in the criminal justice system that can help people that cannot afford an attorney.

Dear Judge Pirro,
On a recent show,a distraught mother sought payment for blood tests for her son,whose father had allowed the teen to get a tattoo against her wishes.The mothers fear was that the son might have contracted Hepatitis C.
With all due respect I was shocked by your decision to deny the payment.
I am a person living with Hep C which my doctors agree was transmitted by a tattoo.Probably not by the needle which was most likely steralized, but by the INK.
There are some in the medical community who do not believe HepC can be transmitted this way but there is always a possibility when any fluid is involved.
I knolw you probably can't change your ruling now,but I pray that you will take what I have said into consideration should you be faced with this again.
Thanks for your time.

Hello Judge Pirro,

I like to watch your show and try to see it every day. Of the "Judge" shows on television, I feel yours it the best. I feel you are fair with everyone, indignant when you need to be and very compassionate when dealing with people that have drug/alcohol/abuse issues. Thank you for being a top class Judge.

Judge Jeanine Pirro, I love your show.
I am a mother of two wonderful boys 14 and 3 years old. Presently I am residing in a Domestic Violence Shelter as a result of grave physical abuse inflected on me and my 14 year old by my husband (I have a 5 year order of protection against him). Judge, it is a constant battle psychological and financially pulling my family out of this pinnacle of poverty I have found myself in; especially when my husband was 70% of our financial support. It is even more so humiliating, yet humbling that I have to be relying on the government in this recession for survival.
My husband has closed out all his assets and placed it into family members name. I need an immediate divorce, but unable to pay an attorney, I need advise.

dear Judge need your help can talk for my self I have bearten raped molested and can talk very good please help me pthis man named petro hoy took 1ook dollars 15,ooo for me and pearl costello tock 22,ooo.for me can you help me do not know the law.i live on 800.oo a month dont you sopose to get half of your husband stuff in la whwn you divorce but I gave it to him because he said he was going to kill me i shoot him was in a motel room with another woman not the fris time and i really dont know how my son was realy died

Hi Judge Pirro, I was a victim of abuse, I had moved to Texas with a boyfriend that I had dated for 4 years, All was good until he got me away from my family.
He had been to the lake with his friends and when he got home he beat me like a man, I didnt go to the police as he had told me that if I turned him in he would have my son taken care of and burn my moms house down , I belived him. I didnt know anyone in Texas and was scared.
If I had it to do over again I would have gone to the police, I have never been to the Dr. to have my face looked at but I know that something is wrong as I have a dent in my face under my eye.There is a fracture or broken bone.
Sad to say that I cant and have not been able to afford to see a dr.
Thank you for your time , Darla

I was watching your show this afternoon and noticed you were wearing a purple support ribbon. I thank you for calling attention to a not so noticed awareness month. Everyone knows that Oct. was breast cancer awareness month; even the NFL wore pink all month. But, how many people know that November is pancreatic cancer awareness month? My daughter is fighting this horrible form of cancer and finding any kind of financial help for her and her family is almost impossible and research dollars are hard to come by. I salute you for honoring those patients and their family's by wearing the purple ribbon!!!

Fascinating story. Well told. Hope all is going well, Jeanine. Great Show!

I just wanted to say I watch your show everyday. I also think what you do for abused women and childern is wonderful. Nobody has the right to treat anybody like that. I also saw the movie about the lady that was killed by her husband. It is a shame that anybody would do anything like that to cause so much pain and abuse in a family is outrage's. Why don't men understand they have no right to hit a woman? If you have to hit someone to be with them you don't need to be with them. Men and women both need to grow up and stop acting like a bunch of babies.

hi, i truely love your show. i dont know who else to turn to. i am from nigeria, and got married to a man i truely loved. but after 8months he got me a visa i joined him here in the states, but since i came here, he changed completely, he abuses verbly ,physicaly as well. he alway threnthen me with divocrce , i dont know hat to do, am not working ,not going to school . he says after the divocre i will be deported back to my country, i fill like he just want to ruin my life.am 28yr old but he want me to dress like am 50yrs old. i stay at home from sunday to sunday, he treat me like am nothing and tell me that i should be greatfull that he is married to me. i dont have any friends here and dont have anyone to talk to pls help me what do i can........

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post "No teme" in your blog with the link to you?

I wanted to ask a question tht I'm always worrying about and need to know what to do plz help me so I can be prepared or at least take some weight of my shoulder. Well I have a 5 yr old son his biological father is not around I took him to get child support when my son was a few monts he would pay but never attempted to see my son. He took me to some thing that is in the court were they favor males and so we attempted to try this out we met up at a mc donalds and my son was about 3 yrs old he was with his mom,grandma.gf.and his new baby and he tried to grab my son out of my arms and my son was so scared that is a staranger to him he doewnt know who was grabbing him I told him no u can't just have him he's scared of u and he got mad and called the cops well they came and got after him for doing that and said u got to b around ur son not just grab hik and u got to respect his mom first so he got mad and left cause they we're not on his side well I haven't heard anything ever since and he stopped paying child support after that I juts got money this month of about 180 and he's supposed to pay me 160 a month which he is like 3 in a half yrs behind. Well my question is I have a fiance that I have been with for 5 yrs and he has been in my sons life since he was three months old to my son that's his father well I wnat to know do I have a chance of having full custody of my son I want to ask him to gove up his parental rights. He doesn't attempt to see him and he changed his ph number so we have no contact. I'm just so protective of my son and I dnt wnt him to come out of no where and be able to take my son I can't trust him to me its to late for him. He can't come into his life whever its conceniant to him how is tht going to make my son feel scared and confusses I think when my son gets older I will tell him and if he wants to find him then he can and I will tell him all I know but how do I know how he's gng to treat my son and if he's going to kidnap him he's also abusove and told me once he will take him away to mexico. U know how scared that makes me plz help me with answers or opinions it would really help me. And thank u for ur time in reading my story.. god bless u all

To Michelle:

I am a fan of the show and read your comment.
You need to retain a lawyer. If your son is the father than he has legal rights. He has the right to be a part of his child's life, both financially, emotionally and physically.
Call your local Lawyer Referral Service/Bar Association or use the internet. I always Google things. Most provide free consultations.
Good luck. Do not give up. Your son has rights and you have the right to know your grandchild.

Judge Jeanne, I wish you was around during the abuse of my mother for years by my stepfather. He caused her to lose babies, knocked out her teeths, and sexually abused my sisters, and aunt; my mom did what she could to avoid the abuse, but it never seemed to stop.At the time I was born; it was taboo to talk about sexual abuse within the family, I was born in the delta part of Mississippi. I could write a book about the things this man did to our family. I watch youm everyday, and I think God for you, I also pray that God continue to give you the strength to do his will for those women who are abused.

God Blessings on you

judge piro...you are a breath of fresh air and remind me of my mother telling me about HOW we pass on ggod/bad actions to our offspring...celeste... IF you PLANT a CUCUMBER...you GET ... a CUCUMBER!!!!
com visit. mystic,ct!!!!!!yea!!

I want to thank you for everything that you stand for, i am a victim of many years of abuse thru-out my lifetime, any possible abuse you can imagine, except my death, has been done to me, thankfully one day i realized that i was better than this, like most women, naieve women, i stayed or went back because of promises and what i thought was love, i have been near death too many times to count, thank God i am here today to tell you or others that there is always a way out, i have somewhat counseled others on how to leave and get a fresh start, im not patting myself on my back, just stating a fact, the abuse i took from my first husband is still in my mind almost everyday, .Men and women need to learn to leave, its easier to leave with a bruis and your life and start a new life full of promises,,not just women are abused, some men are too, dont try to dodge bullets like i did, litterally, dont run from the knives, just leave and go to the police, and start a new life with your eyes wide open, ironically...my first husband who abused is now doing life in prison for murder...if your being abused, get your life back and live it.

I watch your show daily and for the most part think that you are a fair person. However, I must say that if a woman says she has been abused, you are prejudiced in her favor. My husband and I took in his niece for a while who was abused by her husband so I have a lot of sympathy. However, I do not think that this should be used as an excuse not to pay bills because they are worse off that the person that they owe.

Dear Judge Pirro,

Thank you on behalf all children who have been sexually, physically or mentally abused.

I experianced all three.
I would love to be able to talk to you someday in person. I was born in Paris France I have 2 sisters. My milatary father and french mother moved to the US in 1958 when I was four months old.

My father deserted the family when I was 2 years old. We grew up on welfare and in the projects.

My mother was very abusive. We even experianced some sexual abuse with my mom.

We also have trouble remembering alot of our childhoood. I think It was due to the abuse.

My mother met this pedophile when I was 10 years old. He moved us from Washington state to California in 1972. He was constantly trying to touch me and my sisters, we were terrified of him.
He rapped my two sisters but not me. He did touch me though. When we were older we told my mother and her responce was "oh he"s only playing around". It paved the road which is all to familar to abused men and women. Drinking, really bad judgements when relationships are concerned.
More abuse which I now realize was due to my low self worth. If your own mother does'nt love you enough to protect you who would.
My mother used to tell us we were lucky she did'nt just throw us in the gutter when our father left us. We should be gratefull she did"nt murder us WOW.

Eight years ago I told my mom that I didn't have to thank her for laying down spreading her legs and having unprotected sex. The respect and gratitude come from teaching your children good morals,compassion and how to be a decent human being something we chose to do on our own.
I am divorced many years now, I have two children I love with all my heart. I have been sober for 2 and a half years now. I don't attend any meetings because my drinking was symptomatic. I have done the AA thing and it's not for me. It becomes boring listening to the same old drunk stories over and over.
My kids are on their own now. I am on disability temporarily. Im having back surgery the end of october. I have worked since I was 14 and full time on my own since I was 19. I have had alot of time to think about my life. Ive been the worker bee.now I have this deep desire to do something to make this world a better place before I die.

Judge Pirro:
Late Monday night I read your journal about Anne Morell Petrillo who drove her car onto the Tappan Zee Bridge, parked it, left a note, and went into Hudson River. What a tragedy! I remember reading about her mother many years ago.
Tuesday my local Connecticut paper, the Journal Inquirer, ran the AP story by Jim Fitzgerald about this tragedy.

Pat

Michelle,
In California you would need to go to the county where they live to the Child support division and request paternity. She can't legally keep the child away unless it's proven that your son is a danger to the child. Not sure where you are from but look on the web for child support agencies in your area.
I'm just a fan of the show and have a siter that works in that field.

What state are you in? I will try and help you.

hi, There is not a way to e-mail you with questions on your site. So I hope you read this. My son and I need help.We found out that my 19 year old son's ex-girlfriend is pregnant. She lives 2 counties away and refuses to give us any pregnancy info. She also changed all her phone numbers & em-mails. We don't know when the baby is due, she is telling people it is my son's baby, and she told us we will never see this baby that it is hers. What can we do? He wants a relationship with the baby but if we don't even know when she is due then it is possible he wont see the baby until he or she is several months old by the time we find out and then get an order allowing him visits. Can you please guide us, we are desparate. I just want my son to have a relationship and I do not want the child to not know his father. It is not the mothers right to take away.


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