Slam the Gavel

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Losing Custody For Reporting Abuse; With Theodora Antar May 20, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Theodora Antar to the podcast. She is a law student, mother, notary, and nationwide legal advocate based in Connecticut. She is the founder of Pro Legal USA, a platform dedicated to exposing injustice and advocating for families impacted by corruption in the legal system.
Theodora’s advocacy is deeply personal. As a mother of two daughters, Angelina (age 5) and Julianna (age 10), she has experienced firsthand the trauma of family court corruption. On May 25, 2023, her youngest daughter was illegally removed from her care in a Connecticut court proceeding overseen by Judge Jane Kupson Grossman, where Theodora was denied due process. Less than a year later, on March 9, 2024, her eldest daughter was taken by Port Authority Police at JFK International Airport after they enforced an unserved ex parte custody order, again issued by the same judge. Theodora has not seen Angelina since March 7, 2024, or Julianna since March 9, 2024.
Her fight for justice began after she reported the sexual abuse of a minor—a disclosure that led to ongoing government retaliation and a campaign of persecution against her by Connecticut authorities. For two years, Theodora has tirelessly advocated for constitutional rights, government accountability, and child welfare, using her legal training and personal experience to support others facing similar injustices.
Through Pro Legal USA and her public advocacy, Theodora works to shine a light on systemic failures, empower other parents, and demand reform in family courts nationwide. Learn more about her work at prolegalusa.org.

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JUDGE RETALIATES IN NY STATE; With Marc Fishman May 14, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Marc Fishman to the podcast. Marc was last on Season 5, Episodes 202, 224 and 240. The last time Marc was on the podcast we talked about his major victory in NY state regarding Parental Alienation.

Today we talked about how Judge M. Schauer refuses to recuse herself from his case and continuously disregard his ADA rights. Apparently Judge M. Schauer has suddenly become an M.D. and decides whether or not Marc Fishman is disabled or not. She is a heartless and relentless, poor excuse for a judge. The judicial misconduct board should have done something about "this problem" years ago. Marc explained his case and how he was treated by Schauer. Now he has to go to trial with this judge who refuses to recuse herself in his case of Parental Alienation. Please see full Transcript:

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EVIDENCE EXPOSED; With Marineka Bowman May 13, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Marineka Bowman to the podcast. Marineka was last on Season 3, Episodes 104, 131, 159, 160, 174 and 184, Season 4, Episodes 22, 48 and 61, Season 5, Episodes 149, 210, 238, 248, 256 and 258. HELLO DOGE.

Marineka exposed a mountain of evidence that Judge Natalie Haskins of Delaware and Attorney Laura Brooks refuse to acknowledge. On YouTube: @Slam the Gavel, you can see all the evidence Marineka is showing; countless pages that the judge refuses to see and Attorney Laura Brooks as well REFUSE to do the right thing by Marineka and her precious daughter. When will justice be done?

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Justice For The Serlick Children; With Heather Bendl May 09, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Heather Bendl to the podcast. Heather is originally from Round Lake, Illinois but now resides in the Daytona, Florida area.

She has four children ages 18, 17, 13, and 8. She was married to their father Justin Serlick from 2003 to 2013. Upon her divorce she was awarded sole custody of the oldest three. Justin Serlick refused to move out of Heather’s home with her children after the divorce and he continued to emotionally and physically abuse the children and Heather.

In 2017 Heather had her fourth child with Justin, this was not a planned pregnancy. In fact, she was in school full-time working on her Bachelor’s of Science Degree at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Justin was taking advantage of Heather after she would take her Ambien to sleep. Heather had tried over the years to get Justin to move out of her home but his mother had threatened Heather over the years that if she removed Justin from the home she would make sure Heather never saw her children again......

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People Making Money Off Of People; With Bea Marnay May 08, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Bea Marnay to the podcast. She was last on Season 5, Episodes 114 and 193. Bea discussed reaching out to parents to help remedy the issue of the removal of children. However, that is to remove the funding to Child Welfare. This led to the news article on January 28th, 2025, where The Imprint Youth & Family News came out with the article, "Child Welfare Leaders Stunned by Trump's Call to Freeze Social Services Spending; Legal Action Quickly Threatened."

"The funding is creating the BIG problem in Social Services, where they are putting a dollar sign on our children, and they remove them for PROFIT. Not because they want to give the child a better a life, or not because of the "child's best interest," which is not happening in the courtrooms all across America, so the funding that was creating the removals for profit needed to be removed. This happened on January 28th, 2025. Apparently HHS employees were locked out of their offices. They are trying to bring in new staff." Stated Bea Marnay.

So much discussion in this podcast as Bea talked about a case where a child had gotten lost in the system and how CPS removed a newborn from a mother who had been in the foster care system. We also discussed how the traffickers are linked to HHS as RFK, Jr. stated.

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PART TWO: Jailed For Protecting; With Esther Deutsch May 07, 2025

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Slam the Gavel podcast welcomes back Esther Deutsch to the podcast. She was last on Season 5, Episode 255, where we talked about how conflict is good for the business of family court.

Esther broadened her story and explained how the judge ordered on the record that she couldn't even reach out to teachers at her children's school.

"The intention is to completely destroy the relationship with the parent and child," Esther explained. She also explained that she was threatened with jail for posting on X three heart emojis (❤️❤️❤️) representing her children. Esther had already been imprisoned in one of the worst prisons (worse than Riker's Island), Nassau County Correctional Facility and elaborated on that.

We also discussed the third party parasites that would call her "dangerous," but would not elaborate in order to keep her from her children. These court actors destroyed the relationship with her children as she hasn't seen them in five years. Not a podcast to be missed.

To Reach Esther Deutsch: estherdeutsch2024@gmail.com

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No One Is Above The Law; With Monica Ciardi May 02, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Monica Ciardi to the podcast. Monica, at the taxpayer's expense has been forced into jail eleven times. Within the eleven times, she was jailed in Morris County New Jersey from November to December 2024, and from January to the end of March and released in 2025.

Monica shared her experiences while jailed and how she came to be jailed. She also talked about working on "Lila's Law," and what that will entail. Monica has also been investigated 35 times since 2018, at taxpayer expense with no findings. Monica has passed all screenings. She has never failed any of this.

This week, Monica will be in court. On the latest charges that baffle Monica, as she doesn't know what the legal standard is, is how is it possible for a lawyer or a social worker to determine that a doctor's medical diagnosis is invalid, but that is what this charge is based on. Monica has gotten five months time served, and the prosecutor will be arguing for five years on probation. This will then put Monica at risk non-stop. Even if they can get any charge on her even if false it's a violation of probation.

In regards to the family courts, Monica advises parents to "Brace themselves. Don't be blindsided and be prepared and know what you're dealing with."

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Stop The Circus In Family Court; With Attorney Christine Miller May 01, 2025

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Slam the Gavel podcast welcomes back Attorney Christine Miller. Christine was last on Season 5, Episodes 121 and 133. Today we discussed the massive coverage of the case of Judge Ogden finally recusing herself during a custody dispute when she should have done so earlier in the case when her own divorce attorney was representing the litigant. Christine has covered this case on her TIkTok @kentuckychristine. Susan Bassi picked up this story as well. This circus needs to stop, as it generating personality disorders upon the children in their lives they are disrupting.

We also talked about Mr. Henry's case as he represents himself Pro Se. He had sole custody of his daughter after Mom's boyfriend shot their daughter and didn't report this until 15 hours later. Judge Ogden handled this case. Now the Mother has custody. This case needs more media attention. Does the media even care about what actually happens in Family Court and what happens to families?? We also discussed Dr. Russell's case and how it should be picked up by Netflix.

There have been several articles written in the Boston Globe regarding Family Court as well as the Denver Gazette.

To Reach Attorney Christine Miller: TikTok: @kentuckychristine and email: millertimelouisville@gmail.com and on YouTube: @itsmillertimeLouisville

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Mother Diagnosed By Dr. Bandy X. Lee; With Evelyn Hemphill and Dr. Bandy X. Lee Apr 30, 2025

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Evelyn Hemphill (Season 5, Episodes 98 and 125) and Dr. Bandy X. Lee (Season 4, Episode 23 and Season 5, Episode 249).

Today, we discussed Evelyn Hemphill's first Psychological Evaluation, which wasn't good enough for the family court to fit their false narrative, so a Forensic Evaluation was done by a player in the court system. It ended very vague and just labeling Evelyn with "anxiety." But that's all it took to remove her child from her life, so the abusive parent could turn the child against her. Very in-depth conversation into the analyzation of two psychological evaluations which were enough to give Evelyn closure, as she was not the problem.

To Reach Evelyn Hemphill: Facebook: Evelyn Hemphill and Evelyn the Advocate, LLC, etadvocatellc@gmail.com

To Reach Bandy Lee: bandylee.com

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Court Weaponization Of The Child; Marineka Bowman Apr 29, 2025

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Marineka came back on the podcast to update her case and discuss retaliation in the form of gang stalking. She was allowed to see her child on Sunday for $14.00/hour, but if she brings the grandmother, it will cost $150.00. Her child is suffering and Marineka wants Judge Natalie Haskins to recuse herself, and Attorney Laura Brooks to be disqualified. Her case is ongoing.

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