Order of protection

Juarez said she sees no grounds to treat Marraccini's media appearances as domestic violence.

“I don't believe there are any grounds here to find that Mike sharing his story as part of this broader narrative that's coming out would be considered domestic violence”

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Juarez argued that even defending against an unsuccessful appeal can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple attorneys.

“even defending against a claim that ultimately ends up to be unsuccessful can involve hundreds of thousands of dollars, multiple attorneys, multiple different courts”

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Rachel Juarez explains that under California law, a lack of violations can itself justify renewing a restraining order.

“the judge can consider the lack of violations evidence that a restraining order has been successful and should continue”

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Rachel Juarez argues Marraccini was an abuse victim who was recast as the perpetrator.

“And this was a victim that not only hadn't received help, but had been flipped into the perpetrator somehow”

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Michael Marraccini characterizes Owens's last-minute maneuvering as a power play using the justice system.

“This is what she gets off on, is having power, manipulating people, manipulating the situation, utilizing the justice system”

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Michael Marraccini says he expected to lose the renewal fight and sought an attorney already familiar with Owens.

“I'm pessimistic already. I'm assuming I'm going to lose, but I don't want to spend all of the money up front to lose”

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Marraccini says Owens filed a restraining order against him after he made a police report, beginning seven years of lawsuits.

“She filed a restraining order against me and said that I had been harassing and stalking her and taking her within inches of her life. And that's when the next seven years of lawsuits begins”

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Jordan warns that orders of protection offer limited protection because a violation can come too late.

“Orders of protection, we often say, aren't worth the paper they're written on, because by the time somebody violates the order of protection, you could be dead”

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Jordan notes that the judge granted Stites an unusually long six-year order of protection because he believed her documentation.

“the judge was so convinced in this particular case that he gave her an order of protection for six years, which is an incredibly long time”

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Young reported that the restraining order against Marraccini was dismissed after 2,857 days.

“After 2,857 days, Laura's domestic violence restraining order against Mike Maricini was finally dismissed”

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Stephanie Young inferred that Owens never intended to attend the San Francisco hearing because she did not request permission to leave Arizona.

“She never filed this travel request. So in my mind, that's saying that she never had any intention of going to this in the first place”

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Augustin said the ex-wife's protective order petition revealed a propensity for violence that made Gligor a plausible killer.

“there is a propensity for violence, and now that kind of changes things to where, okay, he might be capable of actually killing someone”

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Danielle Marraccini said she expected continued fights over appeals and that the matter would not end until justice was served in Arizona.

“I know that we're still going to be fighting her with appeals. that this isn't over until justice is served in Arizona”

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Knighty predicted Owens would not show because, facing a criminal case, she now faced consequences for lying on the stand.

“she's now in a position where there are consequences for these actions for the first time in her life”

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Serrato argued the judge had come to distrust Owens's repeated claims of emergencies meant to delay proceedings.

“Judge has had now experience with Laura Owens and her ability to lie and conjure up these emergencies and try to delay things”

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