Both Strobel and Shanelaris made wild, disingenuous and unsubstantiated claims and allegations... all of which were intended to disparage, denigrate, impugn, defame, and prejudice her to the NH court, trying to extract $10,000 a month from her while she was commuting to work on a bicycle, and sleeping on a friends couch. She was on a sinking ship in search of a lifejacket.
The only glimmer on the horizon was the fact that prior to her unfortunate arrest by Scottsdale Police, the con-artist, John Caruso, who presented herself as her savior who took control of everything in her life-- including her credit cards and life insurance proceeds (which Shanelaris and Strobel testified in 3-22-10 the court that she squandered without paying any child support), smelled opportunity with the Gail's late husband's estate fiasco.
It was John Caruso who pitched the top Phoenix law firm of Fennemore Craig, and convinced one of their top litigators, Julio Zapata, to represent Gail on contingency in the complex probate matter. This happened shortly before Caruso's and Gail's arrest
This abstract is challenging and complex to read, as her life was collapsing around her, and the odds stacked against her by a crooked and incompetent attorney
and it refutes all of Shanelaris's and Strobel's false and prejudicial statements and assertions to the court.
Unfortunately, besides being deprived from her rightful marital estate by her avaricious step-children, Gail was also victimized by the con-artist, John Albert Caruso, who swindled everything else she had to her name.
There was a reason she could not participate in the March 11th 2009 hearing before Judge Forrest to defend herself... she was held financial hostage by the criminal Caruso... she was by legal definition: trafficked