Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Susan Travis Ridgway answers bankruptcy fraud allegation

Susan Travis Ridgway filed an answer on October 14 to the charges of bankruptcy fraud levied against her by Betty Ruth Fox in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Betty Ruth Fox is the wife and guardian of Henry Fox. Ms. Ridgway was a passenger in a car driven by Richard T. Jones that struck one driven by Mr. Fox on March 21, 2009. The police report stated Mr. Jones was driving at 79 mph down Highway 463 in Madison and had a BAC of .16. The report also stated Ms. Ridgway was undressed, had a steering wheel impression in the middle of her back, and admitted to performing oral sex on Mr. Jones while driving. Mr. Fox is blinded for life, had over twenty fractures in his face, and lives in a nursing home due to his injuries. Mr. Jones pleaded guilty recently to Aggravated DUI in Madison Circuit Court. Ms. Ridgway has not been charged.

The Foxes sued Mr. Jones, Ms. Ridgway, and other parties. Ms. Ridgway filed bankruptcy a few weeks after the lawsuit was filed, but not before she first bought a brand new Audi listed for nearly $50,000 and then reaffirmed her house and car notes while in bankruptcy. Mrs. Fox filed a complaint against her in bankruptcy court charging Ms. Ridgway with perpetuating a fraud upon the court and asking the court to dismiss the bankruptcy petition. She specifically accused Ms. Ridgway of not disclosing to the court an existence of her trust, claiming her home was only worth $425,000 when she bought it 17 months earlier for $593,000 and made a $220,000 down payment, and substantially understating the value of her Audi.

Ms. Ridgway makes the standard defenses seen in such responses: deny, failure to state a claim, deny, no cause of action, etc, etc. Ms. Ridgway refers to Mr. Jones as her "boyfriend". She admits to a beneficial interest in a trust but states it is not the property of the estate. The rest is legal skirmishing. The answer is posted below for your review.



Posted by Kingfish at 8:22 AM

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am sure her legal counsel advised her to do this. I'm not so sure most of us wouldn't do the same thing, however morally wrong it may be.

The driver should have stopped when all the hanky panky started.

But come on, how many of you guys and girls have done something similar? We just didn't end up with dire consequences.

October 20, 2010 3:37 PM
Anonymous said...

"But come on, how many of you guys and girls have done something similar? "

I doubt that most people who comment on this blog regularly have done anything this egregiously stupid. If you have, too bad for you and yours, but leave the rest of us out of it.

October 20, 2010 4:40 PM
Anonymous said...

What about the land holdings?

October 20, 2010 7:54 PM
Kaptain Kangaroo said...

Kudos 4:40PM

While we are a critical crowd, we are also a very compassionate crowd. Not withstanding critical attacks beyond our conversations here, we do take the time to show our opinions of right and wrong. And we disagree. At least here, we do have that opportunity. We do not believe in "group think"; we believe in group analysis, criticism, disagreement and fairness - GIVEN THE FACTS.

In the case where 3:37PM is forgiving an act that is of a nature I haven't encountered (yes, call me naive); I find it incredibly outrageous a wife is without a husband, children are without a father, and a family is reminded of that every day - without recourse because the rules of our society are written to allow this miscarriage.

October 20, 2010 8:04 PM
Kaptain Kangaroo said...

But the rules must be followed.....

October 20, 2010 8:05 PM
Anonymous said...

What makes this a crime is the alcohol cumsumption.

October 21, 2010 10:51 AM
Anonymous said...

No, 10:51, what makes this a crime is that the driver, Mr. Jones, was (1) driving recklessly; (2) obviously driving under the influence; (3) driving while impaired;(4) being an idiot; and (5) Ms. Ridgeway is getting off scott free.

October 21, 2010 7:20 PM
Anonymous said...

The saddest part of this is Mrs. Ridgeway is a trust-fund kid and has used the BK laws to avoid losing anything as a contributor to this situation.

October 21, 2010 8:24 PM
Anonymous said...

10:51, your comment is hilarious! And 7:20, I do believe it was Mr Jones who was getting off, not Ms Ridgeway!

October 22, 2010 11:32 AM
Anonymous said...

I'm grateful that J.J. has continued to shine a light on this horrifying incident.

October 24, 2010 6:10 PM

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