Dossier
Laura Grochocki
Coverage of Laura Grochocki in the Nexus archive.
- 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.