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Time of India
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
A Deadly American Marriage true story: Where are Jason Corbett's kids now? Everything you need to know
Netflix's A Deadly American Marriage has sparked widespread interest, delving into the harrowing true story of Jason Corbett's untimely death and the courtroom drama that ensued. The compelling docuseries examines the twists and turns of the case while also drawing attention to the uncertain fate of Jason's two children, who found themselves at the heart of a painful family conflict. As the episodes unfold, one pressing question remains for viewers: what happened to Jason Corbett's kids? What is A Deadly American Marriage about? Jason Corbett, an Irish widower and father of two, appeared to have found a second chance at happiness in 2008 when he fell in love with his American au pair, Molly Martens. What began as a seemingly perfect love story led the couple and Jason's children, Jack and Sarah to relocate from Ireland to North Carolina in hopes of starting fresh. However, their new beginning ended in tragedy on August 2, 2015, when Jason was killed during a violent incident in their home. Where are Jason Corbett's kids now? Jason and Molly had been raising his two children, Jack and Sarah Corbett Lynch his son and daughter from his first marriage to Margaret Fitzpatrick, who had passed away unexpectedly from an asthma attack in the early 2000s. In 2015, Jason Corbett was brutally killed at his home in North Carolina, having been struck with both a baseball bat and a paving brick. His wife, Molly Martens, and her father, Tom Martens, were charged with second-degree murder, though both pleaded not guilty. The charges were later reduced to voluntary manslaughter. After Jason's death both kids claimed to have seen their father abusing Molly. However, according to a 2020 ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as revealed in the documentary, the children later withdrew these statements, revealing they had been coached by Molly Martens. In the docuseries, the two also say that they were kids and they lied after being told to do so. Since the death of their father Jason in 2015, Sarah and Jack have been living in Limerick, Ireland, with their aunt and uncle, Tracey and David Lynch. Among the siblings, Sarah is the more vocal, often sharing posts on Instagram to remember both of her parents Jack, on the other hand, is far more reserved than his younger sister. According to Sarah, he is a singer-songwriter currently pursuing a degree in music at college. He chooses to keep details about their parents' deaths private, and his Instagram account is also set to private.
Axios
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
For the first time in a decade, GOP controls NC's election board
Republicans now make up the majority of North Carolina State Board of Elections' members, wresting control from Democrats for the first time in nearly a decade. Why it matters: The change — made possible by a recent ruling from an unnamed three-judge panel on the North Carolina Court of Appeals — could transform how the state administers elections by handing Republicans the power to set election rules, enforce campaign finance laws and make decisions on election protests. Driving the news: A new elections board, made up of three Republicans and two Democrats, was sworn in Wednesday under the purview of the Republican state auditor Dave Boliek. In its first meeting Wednesday, the new board was swift to oust its director since 2019, Karen Brinson Bell, installing one of their own, Republican attorney Sam Hayes, in her place. What they're saying: Democrats were quick to criticize the move, calling Hayes, who serves as House Speaker Destin Hall's general counsel, an "extreme Republican operative." Republicans praised the move as one that could restore public confidence in the board, though NCGOP chairman Jason Simmons said it "will take time." "We are hopeful in the new direction that began today," Simmons said in a statement. Catch up quick: In a lame-duck December legislative session and in the waning days of their supermajority, Republican lawmakers passed legislation that included a measure stripping elections board appointment powers from the governor and granting them to the state auditor. Incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, along with outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, filed a lawsuit that has made its way through the courts. Last week, an appeals court panel upheld the change. The move effectively gave Republicans control over the board for now, handing power to Boliek, who was elected in November as the first Republican to serve in the position since 2009. Boliek appointed three Republicans nominated by the state GOP to the five-member board less than 24 hours after the ruling. How it works: A maximum of three members of each party are allowed on the board, meaning whichever party holds the office that's tasked with appointing members to the board will have a majority. Case in point: Had Republicans controlled the elections board last year, when Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin protested the validity of tens of thousands of North Carolinians' ballots after the 2024 election, a GOP-majority board might have ruled in Griffin's favor. Such a move could have made Griffin — who on Wednesday conceded the race to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs — the winner of the election. The big picture: In addition to holding a majority on the state elections board, Republicans now control the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court.
USA Today
07-05-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Republican concedes in North Carolina court race, ending bid to throw out votes
Republican concedes in North Carolina court race, ending bid to throw out votes May 7 (Reuters) - A Republican candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in November's election conceded defeat on Wednesday, ending his legal efforts to have thousands of ballots thrown out six months after the final votes were cast. Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded two days after a federal judge delivered a victory for Democratic sitting Justice Allison Riggs by ordering North Carolina's election board to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in the close race. "While I do not fully agree with the district court's analysis, I respect the court's holding — just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case," Griffin said. "I will not appeal the court's decision." Riggs said in a statement she was "glad the will of the voters was finally heard, six months and two days after Election Day." Riggs has been vying for a full eight-year term on the high court following her 2023 appointment to the court by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy on the seven-member tribunal, whose justices are elected. The court has a 5-2 Republican majority. Democrats, with an eye toward future fights over redistricting and abortion access, sought to keep control of Riggs' seat so they could potentially regain a majority in future elections. Griffin, a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, led Riggs by nearly 10,000 votes in the immediate hours after polls closed on November 5. But that lead dwindled as more ballots were counted, and after recounts, Riggs was leading by 734 votes. Griffin then sought in court to have set aside over 60,000 ballots cast by voters whose registrations were accepted despite having not provided driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers as state law required. The state's high court last month declined to toss those ballots. But it said some military and overseas voters whose ballots Griffin challenged for not providing photo identification would need to verify their eligibility within a 30-day period. That opened the door to potentially thousands of votes still being thrown out, prompting Riggs to urge a federal judge to prevent what she called an unprecedented legal effort to overturn an election. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Myers, an appointee of Republican President Donald Trump in Raleigh, agreed with her on Monday, saying Griffin cannot under the U.S. Constitution "change the rules of the game after it had been played." (Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Richard Chang)
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jefferson Griffin concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court race, ending bid to throw out votes
A Republican candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in November's election conceded defeat on Wednesday, ending his legal efforts to have thousands of ballots thrown out six months after the final votes were cast. Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded two days after a federal judge delivered a victory for Democratic sitting Justice Allison Riggs by ordering North Carolina's election board to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in the close race. "While I do not fully agree with the district court's analysis, I respect the court's holding — just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case," Griffin said. "I will not appeal the court's decision." Riggs said in a statement she was "glad the will of the voters was finally heard, six months and two days after Election Day." Democratic North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs and her challenger, Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. Riggs has been vying for a full eight-year term on the high court following her 2023 appointment to the court by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy on the seven-member tribunal, whose justices are elected. The court has a 5-2 Republican majority. Democrats, with an eye toward future fights over redistricting and abortion access, sought to keep control of Riggs' seat so they could potentially regain a majority in future elections. Griffin, a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, led Riggs by nearly 10,000 votes in the immediate hours after polls closed on November 5. But that lead dwindled as more ballots were counted, and after recounts, Riggs was leading by 734 votes. Griffin then sought in court to have set aside over 60,000 ballots cast by voters whose registrations were accepted despite having not provided driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers as state law required. The state's high court last month declined to toss those ballots. But it said some military and overseas voters whose ballots Griffin challenged for not providing photo identification would need to verify their eligibility within a 30-day period. That opened the door to potentially thousands of votes still being thrown out, prompting Riggs to urge a federal judge to prevent what she called an unprecedented legal effort to overturn an election. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Myers, an appointee of Republican President Donald Trump in Raleigh, agreed with her on Monday, saying Griffin cannot under the U.S. Constitution "change the rules of the game after it had been played." This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Jefferson Griffin concedes in NC Supreme Court race, Riggs wins
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Republican concedes in North Carolina court race, ending bid to throw out votes
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A Republican candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in November's election conceded defeat on Wednesday, ending his legal efforts to have thousands of ballots thrown out six months after the final votes were cast. Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded two days after a federal judge delivered a victory for Democratic sitting Justice Allison Riggs by ordering North Carolina's election board to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in the close race. "While I do not fully agree with the district court's analysis, I respect the court's holding — just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case," Griffin said. "I will not appeal the court's decision." Riggs said in a statement she was "glad the will of the voters was finally heard, six months and two days after Election Day." Riggs has been vying for a full eight-year term on the high court following her 2023 appointment to the court by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy on the seven-member tribunal, whose justices are elected. The court has a 5-2 Republican majority. Democrats, with an eye toward future fights over redistricting and abortion access, sought to keep control of Riggs' seat so they could potentially regain a majority in future elections. Griffin, a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, led Riggs by nearly 10,000 votes in the immediate hours after polls closed on November 5. But that lead dwindled as more ballots were counted, and after recounts, Riggs was leading by 734 votes. Griffin then sought in court to have set aside over 60,000 ballots cast by voters whose registrations were accepted despite having not provided driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers as state law required. The state's high court last month declined to toss those ballots. But it said some military and overseas voters whose ballots Griffin challenged for not providing photo identification would need to verify their eligibility within a 30-day period. That opened the door to potentially thousands of votes still being thrown out, prompting Riggs to urge a federal judge to prevent what she called an unprecedented legal effort to overturn an election. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Myers, an appointee of Republican President Donald Trump in Raleigh, agreed with her on Monday, saying Griffin cannot under the U.S. Constitution "change the rules of the game after it had been played." (Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Richard Chang)
