His wife, Claire Comfort, 30, was granted full legal and custodial custody and given a five year order of protection from Zappin who has an “anti-social personality disorder,” according to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper.
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In his ruling, Cooper said a 13 day trial had proven that Zappin had physically assaulted his wife eight times around the time she gave birth in late 2013 and that he engaged in a pattern of “coercive, controlling behavior” in what Cooper called "a war of intimate terrorism."
Cooper said Zappin's violent history with Comfort "combined with his explosive anger and inability to control his emotions raises the distinct possibility that he could hurt his son" and that, by example, he would teach the boy that "it is acceptable to abuse other people."
Cooper imposed the $10,000 fine on Zappin after ruling that in the early stages of the custody proceeding, he had used "his law license as a tool to threaten, bully and intimidate" judges and others involved in his bitter battle.
Zappin has filed a lawsuit against the Daily News and another publication over their coverage of the earlier sanctions order, although he has not yet served his complaint in that case.
Date: November 16th, 2016 12:55 PM Author: wonderful anal rigor
what's NOT shocking is that an unemployed wife-beating psychopathic lawyer with anti-social personality disorder knows what XO is (and, let's admit it, probably poasts)
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:09 PM Author: wonderful anal rigor
well yeah he's nuts dumbass that's obvious--it's in the articles that he has ASPD. but he's not TT/TBF/etc. He just thinks his wife is because he poasts here and is a paranoid psycho
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:10 PM Author: wonderful anal rigor
Are you in character now? because it was already obvious from the articles poasted above that he's an insane psychopath so your powers of deduction were compeltely unnecessary.
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:08 PM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Striped Hyena
TT may be flame about certain things, but he's traveled extensively and i've discussed specifics with him and he's not flame on that. hard for some normal white biglawyer to entirely make up TT.
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:14 PM Author: wonderful anal rigor
The dude is severely, cripplingly mentally ill and completely disconnected from reality. He filed this complaint because it reflects his (severely warped) view of reality. He believes his wife is these internet trolls. The parsimonious explanation is that this belief is delusional and unfounded.
Apparently he claims he was beat up by "Mafia Princess" Judge Deborah Kaplan during divorce proceeding. Kaplan was removed from the bench. The NY Office of Court Administration assigned his case to Cooper, the only case on Kaplan's docket assigned to him. Cooper and Kaplan share mafia links. Cooper has history of abusive litigants in New York Post and Daily News detailed in the complaint. Issued a sanctions decision before trial against Zappin without providing him notice or opportunity to be heard. Disseminated it to the news, despite being sealed which caused Zappin to be fired from Mintz Levin. Cooper refused to recuse himself subsequently retaliated by publicizing more facts to the New York Post and Daily News during the custody trial.
Apparently Judicial Commission is investigating Cooper. Some of the Judge Cooper's at CLE statements on YouTube:
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:23 PM Author: Magenta Dilemma
Now we're getting to the meat. Surface observations: strong jaw, thin lips, firm brows, NYC and all of its international foods via Seamless during late-night biglaw hours = room-clearing ability, but I'll bet that she's shy about it, pretends she has an urgent work email or call, and lets 'em rip in the visiting attorney offices.
Apparently he claims he was beat up by "Mafia Princess" Judge Deborah Kaplan during divorce proceeding. Kaplan was removed from the bench. The NY Office of Court Administration assigned his case to Cooper, the only case on Kaplan's docket assigned to him. Cooper and Kaplan share mafia links. Cooper has history of abusive litigants in New York Post and Daily News detailed in the complaint. Issued a sanctions decision before trial against Zappin without providing him notice or opportunity to be heard. Disseminated it to the news, despite being sealed which caused Zappin to be fired from Mintz Levin. Zappin went to Law360 with recusal motion and Cooper refused to recuse himself. Subsequently retaliated by publicizing more facts to the New York Post and Daily News during the custody trial.
Apparently Judicial Commission is investigating Cooper. Some of the Judge Cooper's at CLE statements on YouTube:
Apparently he claims he was beat up by "Mafia Princess" Judge Deborah Kaplan during divorce proceeding. Kaplan was removed from the bench. The NY Office of Court Administration assigned his case to Cooper, the only case on Kaplan's docket assigned to him. Cooper and Kaplan share mafia links. Cooper has history of abusive litigants in New York Post and Daily News detailed in the complaint. Issued a sanctions decision before trial against Zappin without providing him notice or opportunity to be heard. Disseminated it to the news, despite being sealed which caused Zappin to be fired from Mintz Levin. Zappin went to Law360 with recusal motion and Cooper refused to recuse himself. Subsequently retaliated by publicizing more facts to the New York Post and Daily News during the custody trial.
Apparently Judicial Commission is investigating Cooper. Some of the Judge Cooper's at CLE statements on YouTube:
Date: November 16th, 2016 3:38 PM Author: white vibrant lay
From the affidavit:
She makes endless allegations against me that are wholly irrelevant to the child. By way of example, Ms. Comfort has gone so far as to complain to the forensic child custody evaluator that I cheated on her with Taylor Swift. (See Forensic Evaluation Report of Dr. Alan Ravitz
Date: November 16th, 2016 7:29 PM Author: olive puppy brunch
The evaluations, he said, found that Zappin was “narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive and histrionic” and that Comfort “had low self-confidence” and “an automatic need to obey others who assert authority.”
Date: November 16th, 2016 1:44 PM Author: Nofapping lodge
OK. Do you believe the wife was TBF? I only want to know for personal reasons because TBF did some fucked up shit offline to me and I'd really like to know.
Date: November 17th, 2016 12:54 AM Author: Chrome appetizing elastic band
To be fair,
I don't even know your IRL name, retard. And of the poasters whose IRL identities I know, all of them can confirm that I have never tried to interfere with their lives in any way. Nor would I ever do such a thing. But sure brother, whatever you say.
Date: November 16th, 2016 2:06 PM Author: Magenta Dilemma
TT and I once had a semi in-depth discussion of 2006-2008 SF hotspots (meaning like 10% average women, 20% NOWAGS, 20% NOWIGS, and 50% white dorks). I guess she could have googled it, but true mental illness if so. He also knows all about the Paki restaurants in the Tenderloin. Really a waste of time if she was just googling all this.
Date: November 16th, 2016 2:08 PM Author: Nofapping lodge
I ran the drewsucksoe schtick as a Princeton grad and a entertainment agent and people ate that shit up for years. All google based. Creating characters on XO was fun for a minute.
Date: November 16th, 2016 2:28 PM Author: chartreuse exhilarant jewess antidepressant drug
I'm assuming this is all meta-flame where we eagerly react to something that even regular people can instantly sniff out as flame (e.g., that disbarred suicidal bipolar guy who wrote that Hillary became violent on election night), but I also assume at least a few people ITT might not be in on the joke, in which case: you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Someone should go to pretrial conference on Jan 19 and report back.
ORDER: In Case No. 16 Civ. 5985, the Court granted Plaintiff on November 1, 2016, a second extension to file his First Amended Complaint by November 7, 2016, and endorsed a briefing schedule for Defendant's motions to dismiss and for sanctions. (Dkt. #25). Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint against Defendant Matthew F. Cooper on November 8, 2016. (Dkt. #26). On November 10, 2016, Plaintiff filed the Complaint in Case No. 16 Civ. 8762, naming Defendant Daily News L.P. in addition to Defendant Cooper. (Dkt. # 1, 5). On November 14, 2016, Plaintiff filed the Complaint in Case No. 16 Civ. 8838, naming Defendants NYP Holdings, Inc., and Julia Marsh in addition to Defendant Cooper. (Dkt. #1). Because all three matters appear to involve a substantial overlap of operative facts, the Court finds that the interests of judicial economy will be served if the parties in all three matters appear for a joint Pretrial Conference on January 19, 2017, at 2:30 P.M. In addition, in Case No. 16 Civ. 5985, the current motions practice deadlines are adjourned sine die; in Case Nos. 16 Civ. 8762 and 16 Civ. 8838, Plaintiff is directed to serve promptly the Defendants and file proofs of service, so that counsel for Defendants can appear in this matter and be present at the joint Pretrial Conference. ( Initial Conference set for 1/19/2017 at 02:30 PM before Judge Katherine Polk Failla.) (Signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla on 11/15/2016) (mro) (Entered: 11/16/2016)
Date: November 16th, 2016 3:06 PM Author: sooty dashing school
Last hearing was open to the public and there were protesters against Judge Cooper in the courtroom. Judge Failla seemed to side with Zappin that Cooper defamed him by disseminating the sanctions decision.
Date: November 16th, 2016 3:00 PM Author: Mind-boggling doobsian market
This is one of the great moments in XO history and I feel like we're just getting started.
It's like we spent a year taking care of that whole election business, killed it, and are now back to our bread-and-butter and are killing it like never before. Still got it.
Date: November 17th, 2016 2:08 AM Author: Motley field fortuitous meteor
why would she have needed a conflict waiver from the Quinn partner that she never ended up working for? i don't get it.
i DO remember that one of quinnpumo's big schtick was to say quinn denied conflict waivers to attorneys it shitcanned without severance if they did not keep quiet so that matches up.
Date: November 16th, 2016 3:20 PM Author: stimulating boistinker
Ladies and gentlemen, I present you AutoAdmit.com - The board full of completely sane Alt right/White Nationalists. So sane they will interfere with people's irl if their thin skin and tiny egos are insulted
Date: November 16th, 2016 3:35 PM Author: purple nubile sanctuary international law enforcement agency
Many schizophrenics believe that they're being specifically taunted by or communicating with figures on the TV or internet. Her husband probably reads the board and has mental illness (redundant, I know) and dreamed up that he was being trolled by his wife.
Date: November 16th, 2016 4:19 PM Author: sooty dashing school
Weil repp'd Apple in smartphone wars. Quinn repp'd Google and all the Android manufacturers in the smartphone wars. Had to go through Quinn to get to Google.
Usually you go through your old firm for conflict waivers but it could be possible. She must have eventually gotten the waiver (assuming complaint isn't complete flame) bc she works at Weil.
Date: November 16th, 2016 4:42 PM Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Striped Hyena
yeah must have gotten the waiver, or weil decided they didnt need the waiver (unlikely)
one other option is that she went thru quinn since the husband had an in with quinn. it's odd that he mentions she interviews at quinn and doesnt get hired.
Date: November 16th, 2016 7:16 PM Author: cream greedy orchestra pit marketing idea
any word on whether the kid actually ended up being black? not sure if that would detract from the 180ness of this as it would undermine the trolling aspect
Date: February 28th, 2018 1:46 AM Author: Wine doctorate center
CLERK'S JUDGMENT re:41 Order on Motion to Dismiss in favor of NYP Holdings Inc., Julia Marsh against Anthony Zappin. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Order dated February 2, 2018, Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED. (Signed by Clerk of Court Ruby Krajick on 02/05/2018)(km)
EXCLUSIVE: America's most vicious custody fight! Former New York lawyer re-ignites battle with ex-wife claiming she got 'blackout drunk,' tricked him into unprotected sex and scarred his face and body after she alleged he was a 'serial abuser'
Anthony Zappin divorced Claire Comfort in 2016 and lost custody of their child when he was was portrayed as a 'hostile' serial abuser during the trial
Zappin is now suing Comfort, her lawyer from the trial, Robert Wallack, and their son's appointed lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen for fraud
In explosive court papers, he claims she would also force him into having unprotected sex
She would dig her nails into his back to ensure he would ejaculate 'inside of her even though he unequivocally sought to terminate the act,' docs say
More than once, he alleges, Comfort attempted to stab him with forks and knives from their kitchen when he received unsolicited texts from ex-girlfriends
Zappin claims Comfort 'repeatedly kicked and slapped him' after accusing him of having an affair with Taylor Swift
Zappin also claims that lawyers conspired to rack up $1million in legal fees
He says he hopes to bring 'an end to an ongoing scheme of harassment, fraud and the deliberate undue infliction of harm by defendants' directed toward him
By Kelly Mclaughlin For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:34 EDT, 1 March 2018 | Updated: 15:34 EDT, 1 March 2018
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A years-long custody battle between two former Manhattan lawyers has re-ignited after the husband accused his ex-wife of abusing him during their brief marriage and claimed that lawyers colluded to rack up $1million in bills during their last trial.
Anthony Zappin, 32, has accused his ex-wife Claire Comfort, of getting blackout drunk on dates, lying to him about using birth control in hopes of getting pregnant and scarring his face and body in months of physical abuse, according to court documents exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com.
His lawsuit comes two years after losing custody of his now-four-year-old son in a trial that saw him portrayed as a serial abuser who engaged in 'coercive, controlling behavior' against Comfort, also 32.
In the 2016 trial, Zappin, who represented himself, was fined $10,000 for being 'hostile' during court proceedings and 'bullying' his opponents.
In legal documents filed on February 23, Zappin sued his wife, her lawyer from the trial, Robert Wallack, and their son's appointed lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen for damages 'in an amount to be determined at trial'.
Anthony Zappin has accused his ex-wife Claire Comfort of abusing him and claimed that lawyers colluded to rack up $1million in bills during their New York custody trial in 2016. He's pictured above with his and Comfort's son
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Anthony Zappin has accused his ex-wife Claire Comfort of abusing him and claimed that lawyers colluded to rack up $1million in bills during their New York custody trial in 2016. He's pictured above with his and Comfort's son
Zappin's lawsuit comes two years after losing custody of his now-four-year-old son in a trial which saw him portrayed as a serial abuser who engaged in 'coercive, controlling behavior' against Comfort, also 32. Pictured above left is a photo of Comfort that she claims shows the abuse she faced at the hands of Zappin
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Zappin, however, claims this photo, showing no bruising, was taken just a day later in October 2013
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Zappin's lawsuit comes two years after losing custody of his now-four-year-old son in a trial which saw him portrayed as a serial abuser who engaged in 'coercive, controlling behavior' against Comfort, also 32. Pictured above left is a photo of Comfort that she claims shows the abuse she faced at the hands of Zappin. Zappin, however, claims the photo on the right, showing no bruising, was taken just a day later in October 2013
He says that he hopes to bring 'an end to an ongoing scheme of harassment, fraud and the deliberate undue infliction of harm by defendants' directed toward him.
Zappin claims that Wallack and Cohen 'exploited a child custody proceeding to churn enormous legal fees totaling well over $1,000,000 to defraud the state family court system and inflict irreparable financial harm in total disregard for the well-being of the child'.
The 32-year-old, who now lives in West Virginia, claims that through it all, Comfort 'sat back and even actively participated in Wallack and Cohen's corrupt scheme in order to deprive Plaintiff of a relationship with his son'.
Zappin calls Wallack and Cohen 'fraudsters and sycophantic monsters who will do anything for their own personal gain, even hatching schemes with the supervised visitation agency to interfere with Plaintiff's access to his child in order to maintain the financial gravy train that has become the Zappin v Comfort litigation'
Comfort and Zappin first met when they were both studying at Columbia University's Law School in 2009.
They didn't start dating until October 2012, six months after Comfort started working at a New York law firm.
Zappin says these photos, taken by her mother in Central Park on October 12, 2013, show Comfort with no injuries
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Comfort had alleged in their custody trial that Zappin struck her in the face in in the early hours of October 11
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Zappin says these photos, taken by her mother in Central Park on October 12, 2013, show Comfort with no injuries. Comfort had alleged in their custody trial that Zappin struck her in the face in in the early hours of October 11
During their courtship, Zappin claims in court documents that Comfort was 'black-out drunk on several dates' and used 'illicit drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy'.
Zappin claims that he saw Comfort as a 'casual dating friend' due to her 'rampant alcohol and drug use'.
Starting in November 2012, Comfort started physically and emotionally abusing Zappin and would lie to him about using birth control while having unprotected sex, according to court documents.
Zappin claims that Comfort 'hit, shoved scratched and kicked' him on 'many' occasions and once 'repeatedly kicked and slapped him' after accusing him of having an affair with Taylor Swift.
More than once, Comfort attempted to stab him with forks and knives from their kitchen when he received unsolicited texts from ex-girlfriends, Zappin claims in legal documents.
She would also force him into having unprotected sex and dig her nails into his back to ensure he would ejaculate 'inside of her even though he unequivocally sought to terminate the act', Zappin claims.
'Comfort would initiate binge drinking sessions on her dates with Plaintiff [Zappin] so that Plaintiff would lose his inhibition and be more likely to have unprotected sex with her,' according to legal documents.
Zappin claims Comfort starting physically abusing him a month into their relationship, leaving cuts and scarring on his face and back. Pictured above, scrapes that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
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Zappin claims Comfort starting physically abusing him a month into their relationship, leaving cuts and scarring on his face and back. Pictured above, scrapes that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
Zappin claims in court documents that Comfort 'hit, shoved scratched and kicked' him on 'many' occasions. Pictured above, bruises that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
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Zappin claims in court documents that Comfort 'hit, shoved scratched and kicked' him on 'many' occasions. Pictured above, bruises that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
Zappin claims that Comfort once 'repeatedly kicked and slapped him' after accusing him of having an affair with Taylor Swift. Pictured above, bruises that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
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Zappin claims that Comfort once 'repeatedly kicked and slapped him' after accusing him of having an affair with Taylor Swift. Pictured above, bruises that Zappin says are a result of alleged abuse at the hands of Comfort
Zappin also claims that Comfort would force him into having unprotected sex and dig her nails into his back (injuries pictured above) to ensure he would ejaculate 'inside of her even though he unequivocally sought to terminate the act'
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Zappin also claims that Comfort would force him into having unprotected sex and dig her nails into his back (injuries pictured above) to ensure he would ejaculate 'inside of her even though he unequivocally sought to terminate the act'
The papers continue: 'On other occasions, Comfort would get Plaintiff intoxicated with the intent to have sex by serving him spiked drinks laced with benzodiazepine and/or ecstasy unbeknownst to Plaintiff that she termed "Fresquillas".'
Zappin claims that this was all part of a 'scheme to get pregnant', and says that on occasions when he thought they were having protected sex, Comfort would 'deliberately remove the condom' because it 'felt better' and told him she was on birth control.
In January 2013 - four months into their relationship - Comfort became pregnant with their now-four-year-old son.
During the pregnancy, Comfort 'continued on her path of emotional abuse' toward Zappin and often told him the baby wasn't his, according to court papers.
'She would continuously refer to the unborn child as 'n***** baby', 'n**let', and 'turdskin' in reference to ethnicity of the other men she claimed to be the child's father.
Zappin claims that the abuse 'intensified' as Comfort's pregnancy progressed, claiming she would 'bite his genitals' during sex, 'causing it to bleed'.
In May 2013, Comfort's father, Brian Comfort, encouraged the couple to get married, threatening he would take the baby from Zappin if they did not wed, according to court documents.
The couple had a 'shotgun wedding' in New York and then lived between Washington, DC, and New York during the remainder of Comfort's pregnancy.
On one occasion, Zappin claims that Comfort's abuse left his shirt, pictured above, covered in blood
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On one occasion, Zappin claims that Comfort's abuse left his shirt, pictured above, covered in blood
More than once, Comfort attempted to stab him with forks and knives from their kitchen when he received unsolicited texts from ex-girlfriends, Zappin claims in legal documents. Pictured above, an wound Zappin claims is from a knife
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Pictured above, wounds Zappin claims are from a fork attack by Comfort
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More than once, Comfort attempted to stab him with forks and knives from their kitchen when he received unsolicited texts from ex-girlfriends, Zappin claims in legal documents. Pictured above left, an wound Zappin claims is from a knife. Right, wounds Zappin claims are from a fork attack by Comfort
Comfort gave birth to the couple's only son in October 2013.
Zappin claims that Comfort suffered from postpartum depression and 'had apparent significant difficulties caring for the child'.
A month after giving birth, Comfort flew to her parents home in Tacoma, Washington, with their child with no plans on returning, Zappin claims.
Zappin filed legal papers detailing months of alleged abuse, calling Comfort 'unstable' and asking for custody of the child.
Comfort hit back with her own documents, detailing alleged abuse at the hands of Zappin, asking that she receive full custody of their son.
The DC court denied Zappin custody and instead agreed to a three-month period of supervised visitations.
He claims in court papers that during these visitations, the child would show up with 'suspicious injuries', including bruising, welts and black eyes.
In February 2014, Zappin filed action for divorce seeking custody of the child in New York County Supreme Court.
It was then that Cohen and Wallack became involved in the case, with Cohen the appointed lawyer for the couple's son, and Wallack being Comfort's lawyer.
When Zappin filed for divorce in 2013, Comford hit back with her own documents, detailing alleged abuse at the hands of Zappin, asking that she receive full custody of their son. She shared the above photo with the court, claiming she was hit by Zappin on November 10, 2013
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n new documents, Zappin has shared the above photo, saying it was taken on November 11, showing no injuries
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When Zappin filed for divorce in 2013, Comford hit back with her own documents, detailing alleged abuse at the hands of Zappin, asking that she receive full custody of their son. She shared the above left photo with the court, claiming she was hit by Zappin on November 10, 2013. In new documents, Zappin has shared the above right photo, saying it was taken on November 11, showing no injuries
Zappin also includes this photo in his court filings, saying it was taken on November 11, saying that 'the mere fact that Wendy Comfort was taking candid family photographs of Comfort while Comfort was alleging she had "noticeable bruises and marks" on her face completely undermines Comfort's domestic violence allegations'
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Zappin also includes this photo in his court filings, saying it was taken on November 11, saying that 'the mere fact that Wendy Comfort was taking candid family photographs of Comfort while Comfort was alleging she had "noticeable bruises and marks" on her face completely undermines Comfort's domestic violence allegations'
Wallack is a high-profile celebrity lawyer who briefly worked with actress Kelly Rutherford during her divorce and custody battle.
Zappin alleges that Wallack made up claims that he tried to abduct his child during a supervised visit and encouraged Comfort to 'make up the most heinous allegations' against him so she could keep the child.
'Similarly, Comfort told Plaintiff that Wallack advised her to show up late to visits, withhold any and all information about the child rom Plaintiff and taunt Plaintiff over text messages in an effort to agitate and anger Plaintiff so as to manufacture statements from Plaintiff to claim he had a temper and that he had a pattern of making 'false allegations against the mother,' Zappin says in court documents.
Zappin claims he has suffered damages as a result of the Defendants' conduct during the 2016 trial
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Zappin claims he has suffered damages as a result of the Defendants' conduct during the 2016 trial
Zappin also claims that Wallack 'attempted to pressure [Comfort] to have sex with him to satisfy portions of her ballooning legal fees'.
He claims that Wallack and Comfort started a sexual relationship during the summer of 2015, and used money from Comfort and her father to splurge on vacations and designer clothing.
Meanwhile Cohen, who Zappin calls a 'self-proclaimed militant feminist who has made her livelihood attacking men', was appointed as the couple's child lawyer.
Zappin claims that Cohen was court appointed with a rate of $600 per hour and took 'Comfort's position on every visitation dispute - no matter how unreasonable the position was'.
He says that Cohen then worked with Wallack to 'churn enormous fees' and 'discredit' him as a Plaintiff by concealing Comfort's medical records and the digital evidence of Comfort's domestic violence claims.
Zappin claims that the domestic violence photos used int he 2016 trial were 'not accurate' and 'likely altered'.
He claimed that Comfort did not produce the photos of her bruising until months after the alleged incidents.
In his legal documents, he compares the images to photos of Comfort from the same time period taken by her mother and provided as part of her testimony in which Comfort looks happy and unbruised.
In legal documents filed on February 23, Zappin sued his wife, her lawyer from the trial, Robert Wallack (pictured), and their son's appointed lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen for damages 'in an amount to be determined at trial'
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In legal documents filed on February 23, Zappin sued his wife, her lawyer from the trial, Robert Wallack (pictured), and their son's appointed lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen for damages 'in an amount to be determined at trial'
The trial ended in March 2016, with Comfort receiving full custody of the couple's child.
But between Wallack and Cohen, Comfort and Zappin faced more than $1million in legal fees, which Zappin claims was part of a plot of 'financially ruin him'.
Wallack filed a motion in September 2016 demanding that Zappin pay him $400,000.
In the filing, he said he billed Comfort $857,881, but she had only paid $530,000, leaving an outstanding balance of $327,881 - a cost that Wallack wanted Zappin to pay.
Between Wallack's fees and Cohen's $600-per-hour rate, the couple racked up more than $1million in legal costs during the trial.
'It is unfathomable to think that a custody matter involving a then two year old could cost nearly a million dollars in legal fees,' Zappin claims in his lawsuit.
In his lawsuit filed on February 23, Zappin accuses Comfort, Wallack and Cohen of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, abuse of process, conspiracy to commit abuse of process, breach of contract, tortious interference with prospective contractual rights, and tortious interference with parental rights.
He claims he has suffered damages as a result of the Defendants' conduct and seeks 'damages in an amount to be determined at trial'.
Comfort, Wallack and Cohen have not yet responded to the lawsuit.
Zappin has been involved in several lawsuits in recent years, including one alleging another ex-girlfriend of abuse and another in which he accuses a judge of spitting on him during an encounter on a Manhattan sidewalk.
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Date: March 10th, 2022 1:27 AM Author: Mustard laser beams jew
So, TBF is Zappin always but sometimes he is impersonating his ex wife? Trying to make her look bad and harass her anonymously on the one place he hasn’t been banned? Frustrated by the restraining order? He was lying his ass off in court and elsewhere online, it seems, and was putting up websites, so … it is plausible that TBF is Zappin and his ex probably just tries to avoid him and the website and the whole situation given that he’s schizophrenic or bipolar. Is that all basically it? Or nah?
Date: March 10th, 2022 1:35 AM Author: Mustard laser beams jew
Seems likely the abuse went as described in court orders and records. Seems improbable thereafter that Claire would have anything to do w her ex, especially w the restraining order in place.
I think we probably know who TBF is at this point.