The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut woman, who was arrested with his girlfriend over the weekend, allegedly owes the mother of his wife millions of dollars.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, went missing on May 24; she was last seen driving in New Canaan. The vehicle was found later that day.
According to court documents filed last year by Gloria Farber, the mother of Dulos, she loaned Fotis Dulos money to buy and develop properties in both New Canaan and Avon.
Farber claimed that Dulos owed her about $2.5 million that he’d failed to pay back to her and her late husband, Hilliard Farber. In total, they loaned him $9.8 million starting in 2004 and he’d only repaid some $7.4 million.
Farber initially said Fulos had failed to pay back $1.6 million but later said she’d obtained all of her late husband’s bank records and documentation, showing the totality of the loans and partial repayment.
“Through discovery, the plaintiff has become aware of substantial funds due and owing from the defendants [Fotis Dulos and Fore Group] to the plaintiff well beyond what was originally alleged,” she said in a motion.
In another motion, she said that there was a $500,000 personal loan made to Dulos in 2012 and that he owed about $180,000 from it. He denied the allegation and said the money was a gift, not a loan.
The case was set to go to trial later this year.
Missing Woman’s Mother: Estranged Husband Owes Family $2.5 Million in Loans https://t.co/6d853IqFdn @NewCanaanPolice @CT_STATE_POLICE #newcanaan
— NewCanaanite.com (@NewCanaanite) May 31, 2019
The court filings were obtained by the New Canaanite blog.
According to a filing by Dulos prior to his arrest, Farber, 85, had sequestered the five children he had with Jennifer Dulos after a nanny whisked them to Farber’s New York City apartment on the same day that Dulos vanished.
Farber had an armed guard standing watch at the apartment, the father said in the filing, which was obtained by NBC.
Farber filed a motion the next day requesting all financial records from her son-in-law’s real estate company.
BREAKING: #JenniferDulos’ estranged husband Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend Michelle Traconis arrested. Charged with tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. pic.twitter.com/zDjQo9NKqm
— Spencer Allan Brooks (@SpencerSays) June 2, 2019
She also issued a statement saying, “Please be assured that Jennifer’s five children are safe and well-cared for.”
Other filings in court pertaining to the couple’s separation and pending divorce showed that Jennifer Dulos was afraid of her husband after being married for 14 years. The documents were obtained by the Stamford Advocate.
Dulos said that her husband was upset that she was filing for divorce.
“I am afraid of my husband,” reads an affidavit tied to an order of custody filed in June 2017. “I know that filing for divorce and filing this motion will enrage him. I know he will retaliate by trying to harm me in some way.”
Sky61, the @FOX61News drone, over the scene today in Farmington. More details on the news at 10pm. https://t.co/U0DQ3R7nAX #JenniferDulos pic.twitter.com/H4jiVvM0Z8
— Spencer Allan Brooks (@SpencerSays) June 3, 2019
She said that Fotis Dulos had exhibited “irrational, unsafe, bullying, threatening, and controlling behavior.”
The document added, “I am afraid for my safety and the physical safety and emotional well-being of our minor children.”
Fotis Dulos said what his wife claimed was not true and said she was not fit to be the children’s caretaker, alleging that she had lost the children on multiple occasions. However, Jennifer Dulos said that her husband had told her he would kidnap the children and flee to his native home of Greece with them, adding, “You will never find us.”
She said that she bought a gun because of her fear of her husband. Fotis Dulos wrote that he turned the gun over to the police.
