Greenwich Woman Who Secretly Made Videos of Children Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes
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Eugene J. Riccio, a lawyer for one of the victims, said in an email on Friday that his client appreciated the court’s move to protect privacy. And Audrey A. Felsen, who represents another victim, said that the sealing order had nothing to do with the defendant — it was a victims’ rights issue.
Lawyers for the other victims, who the authorities said were also photographed by Ms. Palmer, either declined to comment or did not respond to messages.
Just over a month after her initial arrest, Ms. Palmer was arrested a second time for violating certain terms and conditions of her pretrial release, according to court records, which did not specify what those violations were. As part of Ms. Palmer’s plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop the charge associated with her second arrest.
The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice, which oversees state prosecutors, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
In December, Dr. Jerome F. Brodlie, 83, a psychologist who specializes in treating children and adolescents and is affiliated with Greenwich Hospital, was arrested in connection with the case, the authorities said. He was charged with failing to report abuse, neglect or injury of a child or imminent risk of serious harm to a child, a misdemeanor.
Dr. Brodlie did not respond to an email seeking comment on Thursday, and his lawyer, Andrew B. Bowman, did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday and Friday. Pleading information for Dr. Brodlie was not available because his case was sealed and his status with Greenwich Hospital was not immediately clear. A request for comment was also left for the hospital.
Court records show that Ms. Palmer applied in October to a pretrial accelerated rehabilitation program, a pathway typically reserved for first-time offenders in lower-level criminal cases to avoid jail time. She later withdrew her application and agreed in January to plead guilty to three counts of voyeurism and one count of risk of injury to a minor, along with registering as a sex offender.
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