The Center for Judicial Excellence continues to proudly be an official Resource to the HBO Series, 'Allen v. Farrow'. Congratulations to Dylan Farrow and everyone at Jane Doe for their record 7 Emmy Nominations in the Non-Fiction program category. “People were outraged, felt like they were finally hearing a story they’d never heard before, astonished by how much the narrative they had absorbed … [Read more...]
Arizona Judge Brad Astrowsky Sent Kids of MLB Vet to Controversial “Reunification” Camp
Judge Bradley Howard Astrowsky, a family court judge in Phoenix, sent former Major League Baseball player David Segui's two sons from Arizona to California without Segui’s permission to attend the Family Bridges camp at their mother’s request. This comes after court filings in which Segui stated he tried to protect the boys from an abusive mother and her boyfriend. Earlier this year, a video … [Read more...]
Allen v. Farrow: Child Sexual Abuse is the Final Frontier
CJE colleagues Joan Meier and Danielle Pollack demonstrate the the lack of change in how family courts treat women trying to protect their children from sexual abuse through the lens of the Allen v. Farrow case. The Allen v Farrow docuseries currently on HBO brings into focus the unsettling — but all too prevalent — problem of child sex abuse within families. While the film’s narrative about the … [Read more...]
DV Victims, Reform Advocates Testify Before State Lawmakers in Support of Jennifers’ Law
CJE was honored to testify at the March 24th hearing in Connecticut on Sen. Alex Kasser's coercive control bill, SB 1060, or Jennifers' Law, in honor of Jennifer Dulos and Jennifer Magnano who were killed by their husbands. The proposed bill aims to redefine domestic violence to include nonphysical forms of abuse known as coercive control that include gaslighting, isolation, threats to take the … [Read more...]
“Allen v. Farrow” | The Public Has Been Groomed by a Master Manipulator and His PR Machine
This must-read opinion article from NBC's Lynn Stuart Parramore explores how the filmmakers of HBO's 'Allen v. Farrow' present the disturbing possibility that, for decades, the public has been groomed by a master storyteller and his PR machine. "By detailing Allen’s deft manipulation of a narrative that the public had long accepted, the HBO series questions the familiar … [Read more...]