Let's begin with contributions, shall we?
Contributions made to Judge Karen Peters is a matter of open and public record, mandated by law.
The following names may not mean anything to you at this moment, but as we walk along together through the Halls Of (in)Justice, it will all become clear.
Donna Weiner
Katrina Lasko
Kari Covello
Sara Maliha
So please reference the document below as we take the walk.
View The Complete List of Contributors Here
Note the names on this next document, which have been circled.
Also please note that one of the names on the document belongs to Frank Faluotico's sister,
Maryann, and she is listed as a contact person.
Hang on ... it will soon be clear what this all means.
In this next document, which is a court witness list, please note that one of the witnesses listed is none other than Judge Karen Peters- ex live in paramour of Frank Faluotico and dear friend and neighbor of Sara Maliha, who was the litigant in a custody dispute.
Judge Peters, recall, sits on the Appellate bench of NYS and as such, would be privy to the appeal heard by that court regarding Sara Maliha's former husband, Doctor William Maliha's, Family Court Custody Appeal.
Doctor Maliha's Appeal Was Denied
Note the appearance of the name Covello, yet again.
Who are the Covellos?
Neighbors and friends of Sara Maliha and Judge Karen Peters.
Hmmm.....
Now note the name of Ina Liffman.
Who is Ina Liffman?
A close friend to all of the above and neighbors.
Double hmmm.... and it thickens from here...
Ina Liffman is the woman who called Frank Faluotico when he was still a simple Sheriff working in The Ulster County Sheriff's Office, and before being named Undersheriff.
Why was he called?
You can decide for yourself, after reading on....
Recognize any familiar names? Frank Faluotico is listed as a neighbor of Sara Maliha's... along with names already listed in previous document
The entire transcript will be shared with you on another page. The numbers seen here above each printed section, are page numbers which correlate to actual sworn testimony by Frank Faluotico
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1 FRANK FALUOTICO
2 Q. With whom were you living?
3 A. Karen Peters.
4 Q. When did that start, that live-in
5 relationship?
6 A. August 1995, I believe.
7 Q. You were in the detective division when that
8 started, the detective unit?
9 A. Yes, I was.
10 Q. Was Karen Peters then a sitting judge?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. On what court?
13 A. Supreme Court.
14 Q. Supreme Court, Ulster County?
15 A. New York State Supreme Court, yes.
16 Q. Assigned to Ulster County?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. When did you first meet Judge Peters, what
19 year?
20 A. Well, I had met her professionally when she
21 was a family court judge years ago.
22 Q. When did you begin going out with her?
23 A. 1995.
24 Q. Did she already live on Bristol Hill Road when
25 you first started going out with her?
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1 FRANK FALUOTICO
2 A. Did I?
3 Q. Did she?
4 A. She did, yes.
5 Q. So you believe it was August '95 when you
6 moved in to that location?
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. When did you leave that location?
9 A. January, maybe February, of 2000. You know, I
10 don't remember the exact date.
11 Q. Was it in early 2000?
12 A. Yes.
13 Q. That's close enough. When you moved out of
14 that location, where did you next reside?
15 A. The Town of Hurley.
16 Q. Is that location in the Town of Hurley, the
17 location of Bristol Hill Road?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. So you moved somewhere else in the Town of
20 Hurley?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. How far from that location did you move?
23 A. Two miles.
24 Q. How long did you live at that location that
25 you moved to after living with Judge Peters?
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1 FRANK FALUOTICO
2 A. Year and a half.
3 Q. Does that take you into the middle of '01?
4 A. Right. Year and a half, almost two years.
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and now another part of the transcript, which will show that his relationship with Karen Peters and Sara Maliha was a friendly, neighborly one
6 Saudi Arabia, did you have any contact with his wife,
7 Sara?
8 A. Social contact.
9 Q. Where was that social contact?
10 A. I would say at other neighbors' houses. I
11 believe it was when he was in Saudi Arabia that I had
12 gone to her house. She had called myself and Karen
13 because a bat had gotten into her house, and we went
14 over and got the bat out of her house for her. I
15 believe that's when he was in Saudi Arabia.
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More from the same deposition as taken from Frank Faluotico, regarding his continued relationship with Judge Peters, even after their domestic split. This section discusses Faluotico's discussions with Judge Peters regarding the custody case brought before Family Court and Judge Work.
Please recall that Judge Peters' court would later hear and read testimony in the appeal of the Maliha case.
15 Q. Did you report, to your knowledge, the
16 incident to Karen Peters in any form?
17 A. Report it to her?
18 Q. Tell her about it, talk to her about it.
19 A. Sure, we've talked about it.
20 Q. When did you do that?
21 A. Specifically I couldn't tell you.
22 Q. How soon after the incident?
23 A. Again, I couldn't be specific.
24 Q. What did you tell her?
25 A. We all felt it was a pretty sad situation.
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1 FRANK FALUOTICO
2 Q. What did you tell her? That's all I asked.
3 A. Specifically I couldn't tell you, Counselor.
4 Q. How many times have you and she spoken about
5 it?
6 A. Couple, two or three.
