HEARING OF THE YEAR

HEARING OF THE YEAR
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Stalking Orders Permanent, With
Proviso; Little Change in Status
Quo, says Plaintiff's Counsel
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This Thanksgiving, Rose Residents
Pray: “God bless Lisa Iacuzzi and
keep her--far away from us.”

by M. Shochet, Special Reporter for
Not A Good Queer Or Anything Else

PORTLAND, OR – The protective stalking order granted by the Multnomah County Circuit Court to the much-harried resident of The Rose Apartments, who has been one of the chief targets of Lisa (“Lee”, “Not A Good Queer”, “NAGQ”) Iacuzzi, was made permanent at a hearing held on Friday, 16th November 2007, before the Honorable Judge Reardon.

At the same time, the retaliatory protective stalking order taken out by Respondent Iacuzzi against her victim two days before the original hearing of 2nd November was also made permanent. Both orders carried the proviso that, upon one or the other parties moving out of the Rose, the orders would be voided.

According to eyewitnesses, no witnesses were allowed in Room 228 of the Multnomah County Courthouse, where the hearing commenced at 10.00 am last Friday. Prior thereto, Respondent had subpoenaed all Rose residents who could attest to facts detrimental to her case, thus excluding those witnesses from the hearing.

Petitioner appeared with her attorney in fact; well-wishers who could not be present, due to prior commitments, or because they were excluded, sent supportive thoughts winging her way. Respondent, currently in custody since last Monday for several criminal charges pending against her -- including violation of the temporary stalking order, harassment and attempted criminal assault of building personnel and Petitioner's counsel, and criminal assault of jail personnel and inmates -- appeared with her court-appointed attorney.

Escorted by a very large female guard, Respondent Iacuzzi entered the courtroom after Petitioner and her counsel were seated. “Buzz Cut was glowing with happiness and grinning from ear to ear,” observed one incredulous observer, shuffling along as if an unseen band heralded her appearance with the Horst Wessel Lied. “Her eyes were like Charlie Manson's.”

When Respondent Iacuzzi attempted to seat herself next to Petitioner and Petitioner's counsel, she was pushed to a far chair by a bailiff. Upon Respondent's request to sit next to Petitioner's counsel, a bailiff responded with a sharp and incredulous, “No!” Despite the rebuff, Respondent made additional attempts to move closer to the petitioner and her counsel.

Witnesses were undecided as to whether Ms. Iacuzzi's attempts to sit next to Petitioner's counsel and Petitioner were due to her belief that she might overwhelm them with her well-attested stench, or because she harbors a sexual attraction for one or both.

Petitioner was tastefully attired in subdued tan and grey, which appeared to be retro Chanel. Respondent appeared in white pants and shirt, which she accessorized with matching footgear, and handcuffs, ankle cuffs, and shackles. Although the white pants suit is requisite jailhouse attire for psychiatric inmates--even after Labor Day--some Rose residents suspected Respondent's attire was a statement of her solidarity with White Power groups and the KKK, given her well-attested racism.

For further details on courtroom wear, see article in Section F, “White After Labor Day? Fashion Police Descend on Justice Center jail.”

The hearing lasted nearly two hours, an unusual length of time to devote to stalking orders. Respondent Iacuzzimade at least four attempts to derail the proceeding into other, irrelevant channels. One attempt involved her belief that she was being discriminated against, because of her demand to be treated as a man, instead of the middle-aged woman she is. When the judge cut short her ramblings, she tried other tack, one regarding her allegedly unhappy childhood, another the “gender discrimination” grievance she filed with the Bureau of Labor & Industries, to stave off her eviction last August.

Judge Reardon reprimanded her each time, and brought the proceeding back on track. He informed her that the issue before the court was not some irrelevant grievance or a rehash of her childhood.

“This is not about what happened in the past,” the judge informed Ms. Iacuzzi. “It is about what is happening now, whether there has been a change in the condition of harassment, and to resolve the dispute.”

At one point, Judge Reardon called 30-minute recess so that Respondent could confer with her court-appointed attorney. Upon Respondent's demand, the courtroom was cleared of all observers. Later, Petitioner joined the judge for an in camera conference. Upon emerging from the judge's chambers, it transpired that Petitioner had agreed, much against her will, to a proposal that the temporary protective stalking orders be made permanent only until one or the other of the parties moved out of the Rose, at which time both orders would be vacated.

Respondent stated she planned to move out in ten days.

The agreement was incorporated into the court's order, and with that, the hearing concluded shortly before noon.

“Nothing has changed,” Petitioner's counsel stated in a post-hearing interview. Both stalking orders – the one granted petitioner against Lisa Iacuzzi for the latter's months of harassment, and Ms. Iacuzzi's retaliatory order against petitioner -- have been made permanent, with the proviso that, upon Ms. Iacuzzi's moving out of The Rose, both will be vacated.

Whether the ten day period alluded to by Respondent Iacuzzi begins upon the date of the hearing, or upon her release from jail, is still unclear.

Ms. Iacuzzi is currently being held in custody for psychiatric observation and evaluation, a period which, it is believed will last two weeks.

Psychiatric non-professionals are divided in their opinions as to the exact nature of the mental dysfunctions which Ms. Iacuzzi has evinced over the course of her seven long months at The Rose. Some are of the opinion that Ms. Iacuzzi is bi-polar
(see: http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/bipdis.htm).
Others believe she suffers from severe NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder)
(see: http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/narcissisticpd.htm).
Still others blame her excessive use of marijuana and other drugs, coupled with an inherent physiological disorder (see article in Science Supplement Section S, “Congenital Dysfunction: Is Her Head So Far Up Her Ass That She Can Chew Her Food Twice?”)

Lisa (“Lee”, “Not A Good Queer”, “NAGQ”) Iacuzzi is currently slated to appear before the court on several other charges. These include criminal harassment, and a temporary stalking order which she took out against Rose resident Terry Elaine Sharp. As witnesses will attest, Ms. Sharp has done nothing which can even remotely be considered as “stalking” Ms. Iacuzzi. In fact, Ms. Sharp has gone out of her way to avoid Ms. Iacuzzi, even before Ms. Iacuzzi threatened to “cut off your legs” if Ms. Sharp appeared in court.

Ms. Iacuzzi issued similar threats to other Rose residents, including a written threat to one resident, which was shoved under her door prior to the 2nd November hearing. In fact, it was to keep these threats from being heard by the court that Rose residents were subpoened as witnesses. While the subpoenas as issued by Ms. Iacuzzi were grossly incorrect and improper, they were held to be valid.

The criminal harassment charge is scheduled for 26th November in Courtroom #1, on Judge Evans' afternoon docket. The newest stalking order is slated to be heard 30th November in Courtroom #4, also on the afternoon docket. Both are in the Justice Center, located at 1120 SW Third.

The Justice Center, a Portland landmark, was designed by the late Norm Zimmer z”l, founder of Zimmer Gunsel Frasca and the Oregon School of Architecture & Design. (See related articles in Section D Design, “Iacuzzi Antics Continue in ZGF's Justice Center” and “Downtown Portland: When Did It Stop Being Frasca-land?”)

The docket regarding Ms. Iacuzzi's violation of the original stalking order; resisting arrest; assaults of, and spitting on, jail personnel and inmates, was not available at this time.
Despite the lack of real change in the stalking order status quo, as Petitioner's counsel commented in her post-hearing interview, Rose residents are hopeful. “If it accomplished nothing else,” said one, “we have two Iacuzzi-free weeks to look forward to. That's good enough for me.”

Said another: “A Thanksgiving without Lee is reason enough to give thanks.”