Ryder Belisle Judicial Homicide: Judge Cook’s Attack Dog Tries to Bite Journalists
An Ohio judge facing national outrage over a disabled boy’s death sent a private lawyer to threaten a reporter. The move backfired. Emails show attorney Peter Pattakos demanding takedowns, dodging basic questions, and refusing to name his client—while journalists pushed back. The intimidation only deepened scrutiny of Judge Katarina Cook and Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio, whose courts ignored life-or-death medical warnings. Thirty-two days later, Ryder Belisle was dead. What followed was a scramble to shift blame, rewrite timelines, and muzzle the press. The documents tell a different story.

