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Settlement would end wrongful conviction lawsuit Putnam County legislators gave preliminary approval on Tuesday (Oct. 8) to a $20 million settlement with a man who spent 23 years in prison before being acquitted at retrial of raping and killing a Carmel girl. The three members of the Legislature's Rules Committee voted to approve the settlement with Andrew Krivak, who filed a federal lawsuit against Putnam County and the sheriff and district attorney's office in August 2023, six months after a jury found him not guilty of killing Josette Wright, 12. Putnam will be responsible for $200,000, with the remainder covered by insurance. The agreement must be approved by the full Legislature, which in 2020 authorized a $12 million payout to Krivak's co-defendant, Anthony DiPippo, who spent 20 years in prison before a state court overturned his conviction. In this case, both sides made "unrealistic" offers, according to the county attorney's office - Krivak wanted $50 million, while the county offered $500,000 - before reaching a compromise during an all-day meeting on Sept. 4. County Attorney Compton Spain said the settlement was the best course of action for the county because Krivak not only had the benefit of materials used by DiPippo's defense but other records "unfavorable" to Putnam could be revealed if the case continued. "These items could serve to drive the value of the case up, and make any settlement possibility less favorable," Spain wrote in a memo to Legislator Toni Addonizio, who chairs the Rules Committee. Krivak accused police and prosecutors of strong-arming witnesses, withholding evidence and other misconduct in prosecuting him and DiPippo for the rape and murder of Wright, whose remains were discovered by a hunter in Patterson. In separate trials in 1997, juries convicted both men of second-degree murder and first-degree rape. Krivak implicated himself in a statement that his lawyers contended was a false confession coerced by Putnam County Sheriff investigators. DiPippo's conviction was overturned in 2011. An appeals court determined that his lawyer had failed to disclose that he had represented Howard Gombert Jr., a sex offender who knew Wright and was put forth as a more likely suspect. A jury convicted DiPippo at a retrial in 2012, but an appeals court overturned that conviction in 2016. A third trial that year lasted three weeks before a jury found him not guilty. A judge in Westchester County threw out Krivak's conviction in 2019. (Judges in Putnam County recused themselves.) After losing an appeal to restore the conviction, Putnam District Attorney Robert Tendy opted to retry Krivak. A jury found him not guilty in February 2023. "The jury has rendered its decision and we must respect it," Tendy, who tried the case, said at the time of the verdict. Tendy earlier had criticized the county settlement with DiPippo, calling it "incomprehensible and indefensible." In claims filed after his exoneration, Krivak sought $100 million in compensation and $50 million in punitive damages from the county, the District Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Department. A separate claim asked for $50 million from the state under the Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment Act. Krivak settled that claim for $5.7 million. "Even if we got every dollar that was listed in the two claims it would not sufficiently compensate Mr. Krivak or anybody for 23 years of wrongful incarceration for a heinous crime that you didn't commit," Krivak's attorney, Oscar Michelen, said last year.

After being found gulity in the 1994 rape and murder of 12 year-old Josette Wright, Andrew Krivak and Anthony Dipippo begin their decades long fight for their freedom.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5894684/advertisement

Andrew Krivak was acquitted last week in a second trial, after spending 24 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 12 year old girl. The jury spend just three hours deliberating following a seven week trial. In 2016, Krivak's co-defendant, Anthony DiPippo, was acquitted at his third trial. DiPippo also spent more than two decades in prison. Everyday Injustice interviews attorney Oscar Michelan and Jeffrey Deskovic, who played an important role in the exoneration, but was not an attorney on this case. Listen as they discuss the case as well as the jury reaction to the seven week trial.

This week’s episode involves a twisted web of convictions (perhaps wrongful), acquittals (also possibly wrongful), the murder of a young woman and the disappearance and probable murder of a second young woman – all wrapped around two potentially really bad guys and one no-doubt-about-it nasty scumbag.  The story unfolds in tony Putnam County, an affluent New York City suburb north of Manhattan in southern upstate New York, where in October 1994 12 year-old Josette Wright disappeared.  Just over 13 months later, Josette’s remains were discovered.  Two young men – Anthony DiPippo and Andrew Krivak – were charged and, in 1997, convicted of Josette’s murder – in separate trials.  DiPippo has always maintained his innocence. Krivak confessed.  Seems simple.  Except…well, a couple of things.  It turns out that Krivak has claimed, almost from the moment he accepted his sentence, that his confession was coerced, and there’s evidence to indicate the investigator who questioned Krivak used tactics that may have led to a false confession.  And Anthony DiPippo?  Well.  He has been granted three separate trials – convicted the first two times and finally acquitted in the third.  So how can two men convicted of the same crime have been dealt such different outcomes?  It all revolves around our certified scumbag in this matter – one Howard Gombert, who is currently serving a 30-year sentence for the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Connecticut in 2000 – and who is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of 17 year-old Robin Murphy in April of 1995.  Women’s underwear with Robin’s DNA on it was found in a trunk of what can only be described as “trophies” in the home of Gombert’s girlfriend – but with Robin’s body having never turned up, prosecutors have been unable to arrest Gombert for her murder.  And then there’s this:  there are ties between Robin Murphy, Josette Wright and Howard Gombert that make Gombert a more than reasonable suspect in both cases.  Add to all of this the fact that Anthony DiPippo’s original trial attorney had also represented…wait for it…Howard Gombert!  Join Melissa as she unravels the tangled facts and seeks to get to the bottom of who killed whom – and if you know anything about either case, please call the Putnam County New York Sheriff’s Office at (845) 225-4300.

A 12 year old girl was assaulted and killed and for over 20 years the wrong individuals were paying for the crime. This is the story of the wrongful conviction of Anthony DiPippo and Andy Krivak.

Anthony completes his story and tells us the story of another man who is still in prison wrongfully. Contact Information: Website: www.actualinpod.com Email: actualinnocencepod@gmail.com Twitter: @actualinpod and @brookegittings Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/convictedpod/ Original Music By Blake Maples www.blakemaples.com

Anthony DiPippo was falsely accused of the rape and murder of a 12 year old girl. This is the first part of Anthony's story. Contact Information:  Website: www.actualinpod.com  Email: actualinnocencepod@gmail.com  Twitter: @actualinpod and @brookegittings  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/convictedpod/ Original Music By Blake Maples www.blakemaples.com

S3E11: Still Fighting for Justice from Behind the Walls of a Maximum Security Prison Since 1995: The Continuing Saga of Andrew Krivak This special edition of Wrongful Conviction Behind Bars was recorded inside of Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Buffalo, NY with Anthony DiPippo’s co-defendant, Andrew Krivak, and his attorney Professor Adele Bernhard. On November 22nd, 1995, a hunter found the remains of 12-year-old Josette Wright in a wooded area of Putnam County, NY with her hands and feet hog-tied behind her back and her underwear shoved down her throat. Detectives investigating the murder arrested 16-year-old Dominic Neglia on unrelated drug charges. During questioning, detectives claimed that Neglia said 18-year-old Anthony DiPippo, his girlfriend at the time Denise Rose, Andrew Krivak, Adam Wilson, Bill McGregor were involved in the rape and murder of Wright. Although co-defendants, they were convicted in separate trials in Putnam County Supreme Court in 1997, based largely on the testimony of Wilson, McGregor and Rose, and sentenced each to 25 years to life in prison. While Anthony DiPippo denied any involvement in the crime and testified in his trial, Andrew Krivak signed a false confession in which he admitted to raping Josette Wright but not killing her and implicating Anthony DiPippo in the murder. In 2016, Andrew Krivak’s legal team sought to introduce newly discovered evidence that points to Howard Gombert, who is serving time in Connecticut for sexual assault, as the killer, which ultimately led to the acquittal and release of his co-defendant, Anthony DiPippo. The motion seeking a new trial was denied, largely due to his false confession. However, in 2019 a judge threw out his conviction and granted him a new trial. He is still in prison awaiting his new trial. www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

S3E3: Three Trials and Twenty Years Later: Anthony DiPippo Finally Cleared of a Monster’s Crime In November 1995, a hunter found the remains of 12-year-old Josette Wright in a wooded area of Putnam County, NY. She was reported to have been hog-tied with her hands and feet tied together behind her back, and her underwear had been shoved down her throat. Dominic Neglia, who was being investigated for drug charges, claimed that 18-year-old Anthony DiPippo and his friends were responsible for the rape and murder of Wright. Three of the accused teenagers testified against Anthony and Andrew Krivak, claiming that they were in Anthony’s van when he and Krivak raped and strangled the victim. Anthony denied his involvement with the crime, but in 1997 he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In 2011, Anthony was ordered a new trial after it was discovered that his lawyer had also previously represented Howard Gombert, who a witness had reported seeing the victim get into a car driven by Gombert on the day she was last seen. Several other women came forward saying that they had also been sexually molested by Gombert in a similar fashion, with their limbs bound and with clothing stuffed in their mouths. These women were not allowed to testify in Anthony’s new trial, nor was Joseph Santoro, who was incarcerated with Gombert and had heard him talk about raping Wright, along with another young girl. Anthony DiPippo was again convicted in 2012, even though two of the three teenagers who had testified against him had recanted their testimonies, claiming that detectives had threated to charge them with the murder if they didn’t implicate Anthony DiPippo and Andrew Krivak. In 2016, Anthony was again ordered a new trial, and this time the testimonies of Santoro and the other women who had been assaulted by Gombert were admitted. Additionally, Dominic Neglia recanted his initial accusation against him. On October 11th, 2016, Anthony DiPippo was acquitted and released after serving 19 years in prison. wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.