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Lawyer sues Netflix, area publisher and another lawyer for libel over coverage of his role in a Needham guardianship case

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People need to realize the MOVIE IS based on fact and true events READ ON HERE A Cambridge lawyer is suing Netflix, the producers of its “Dirty Money” series, the Boston Broadside and an Essex County attorney for allegedly ruining his life by portraying him as an evil money grubber out to defraud an elderly Needham man who owned five derelict properties in Needham that the town had been trying to get cleaned up for 20 years. Nicholas Louisa filed his suit in Middlesex Superior Court last month but Lonnie Brennan, publisher of the Peabody-based Boston Broadside, which puts a right-wing spin on news on both a Web site and in a monthly newspaper, this week sought to have the case moved to federal court in Boston because of the First Amendment issues. At issue are articles the Broadside posted in 2019, and an episode this past spring of “Dirty Money,” that focused on the treatment of a lifelong Needham resident and property owner who now lives in a Dedham nursing home. The articles and show portrayed the man as an elderly, but still lucid, man taken advantage of by a corrupt Massachusetts guardianship system out to suck money out of his holdings, as exemplified by Louisa and various lawyers appointed by Probate Court judge to represent his interests in proceedings during which one and then all of his properties were sold, initially to pay for cleaning up the properties, eventually to pay for his nursing-home expenses. One of sources for the articles and show was Lisa Belanger, an Essex County attorney who provided them with documents from the man’s court files, even though a judge had impounded them, after she tried to intercede in his case. Belanger has been… Read More

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Judge who allegedly altered document resigns in agreement reached with Judicial Conduct Committee

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CONCORD — The Nashua judge facing criminal charges involving whiting out court records resigned her position on Tuesday, the day before a multi-day hearing was to begin on violations of judicial ethics. Nashua Circuit Court Judge Julie Introcaso did not contest the numerous ethics violations listed against her, according to an agreement she reached with the Judicial Conduct Committee. Introcaso has been a judge for nine years. The JCC, which would have conducted the hearing, posted the settlement agreement on its website Wednesday. In the agreement, Introcaso states she desires to resolve the charges without a hearing and therefore signed the agreement. Her lawyer, former Attorney General Michael Delaney, said Introcaso won’t comment because the matter is pending before the JCC and is subject to Supreme Court review. Download PDF Introcaso agreement The agreement does not resolve criminal charges. Last week, acting Attorney General Jane Young announced that Introcaso, 56, was being charged with five crimes. The charges allege that Introcaso whited out an order she wrote in a parenting case once she learned that authorities were investigating a complaint against her by a party in the case. Introcaso had been on leave since Jan. 21. Once she was arrested, court officials stopped paying her $165,000 annual salary. The Bedford resident faces criminal charges of falsifying physical evidence, tampering with public records and an unsworn falsification. The JCC issued formal complaints against Introcaso in October after one of the parties in a parenting case, Robin Partello, complained to the JCC. Partello has claimed that Introcaso had appointed a friend as the guardian ad litem in the case and issued rulings that favored the friend. According to the charges, Introcaso knew she was under investigation by the JCC and applied white-out… Read More

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