According to the citation issued by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Boddy attended the meeting where the “protected party Isaac Adi was present, which is a violation of protection order.”
Boddy left after receiving the citation, according to BCSO officials.
She was in Butler County Area II court on Monday for a hearing, where visiting Judge Jerry McBride set a new pre-trial hearing for May 6. Boddy’s previous attorney raised a conflict of interest for Judge Kevin McDonough to hear the case.
McDonough recused, and McBride was appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case. McBride is a retired Clermont County Common Pleas judge.
Curt Hartman, Boddy’s current attorney, filed a motion of intent last week to “argue and present evidence ... premised upon the defense of entrapment and/or government inducement.”
Prosecutors have not responded to the new filing.
The first-degree misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Hartman is also now representing Boddy’s case in common pleas court over alleged contempt in violation of a civil protective order. He said he does not expect movement on that case until after the criminal case but is expecting to file some motions soon.
The back-and-forth in court over what Adi alleges is verbal harassment continues in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
Adi’s attorney, Robert Lyons, filed a motion in common pleas court in November asking Judge Greg Howard to “impose a term of incarceration, financial sanctions and award of reasonable attorney fees” because Boddy allegedly violated the terms of the civil protection order at a conference both were attending in Columbus.
Lyons also filed a new motion earlier this month asking the judge to impose the same penalties after an alleged violation at the Costco store in Liberty Twp. on March 3 when Boddy was allegedly within 500 feet of Adi, according to court documents.
Under the standard order, Boddy cannot come within 500 feet — the equivalent of 15 school buses lined up end-to-end — of Adi or into any building or place she “knows or should know the protected persons are likely to be, even with a protected person’s permission.” She is not allowed to tamper with any of his possessions, contact him in any way or encourage anyone else to harass him.
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