CRIMECHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Man's detention over contempt order unjust
Steve Fanady, a disabled options trader, has been detained for four years in Cook County Jail without a criminal conviction due to a civil contempt order from a 17-year-old divorce case. The court continues to hold him based on a 2021 stock valuation without evidence of current holdings, and he argues his detention has become punitive rather than coercive.
Mentioned
Related Signal
Adjacent reporting
- 'I'm in debtors' prison,' says Chicago options trader jailed 4 years over unpaid $10 million divorce judgment
- Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
- Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
- Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
- Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention