Lori Vallow refused to show up for court hearing

[@Nigelsmom2136]

I'm sorry, when did appearing in court become an option for a convicted murderer?

[@sentienthamster]

In absentia. It's been a thing since roman times.

[@bthny7955]

Stephen Sterns has only showed up 1 time in court. Disgusting!

[@queenofawesome2550]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@darrenheadrick3669]

I have a better question. How is it that a convicted murderer of her 2 kids in Idaho end up in Arizona instead if being in prison back in Idaho?

[@jd-no7rw]

@@darrenheadrick3669 She has conspiracy charges for murder in Arizona as well. These charges were brought after the Idaho charges because at that time the first wife's death was ruled natural causes and was only reopened after she was brought to trial in Idaho. It's a really complicated case. She will go back to Idaho after the trial in Arizona if I'm not mistaken.

[@bakerwannabe4435]

She is in the custody of MCSO and already a convicted felon in another state and she is the one that gets to decide if she shows up or not? Who is running the show here? Unbelievable

[@workreproduceperish]

She has pulled this disappearing act for court before. She could be found in default.

[@vlw4165]

Exactly!

[@julieshelley-fd5kp]

Exactly--who is running the show--smh!

[@theshadowfax239]

Exactly, shackle her and drag her in.

[@jeffreymartin6369]

Hey let her dig her own legal holes! She’s hurting only herself now. She can no longer harm anyone but herself! Those gals is prison will handle her easily enough. She pretty much thinks she’s God 😂! She can do whatever she wants to right? 🎉… it only backfires on her.

[@NalaRichenbach]

No matter what happens here, she'll never get out of prison alive.

[@MaryFilkins]

I beleive that's why she skipped. She knows her act will slip out.

[@WorldGoneKrazy]

Amen!

[@Wildstar40]

This is the United States and Trump is president. They will probably let her out simply because it is the wrong thing to do. NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the American legal system.

[@DewightBell]

@@NalaRichenbach Bla, bla, bla.

[@NalaRichenbach]

@@DewightBell And that sums up Lori Vallow Dumbbell perfectly.

[@vlw4165]

So, she's a prisoner. How does she get to dictate when/if she appears in court? Get a couple of strong bailiffs and haul her in.

[@itsknotmagic]

She has the right to not appear...they also habe the right to continue proceedings without her.. Full stop

[@vlw4165]

@@itsknotmagic Looks like they will jolly well have to, then. If she doesn't like the outcome, she can't complain.

[@skippykaufman4436]

Sanction her legal team - manipulation, false delay & much more.

[@Hippitidippity]

Because whether or not an inmate decides to leave the cell doesn't stop the court from carry on however the court does not want disruptions especially in front of a jury

[@LifesAPeach2Me]

Isn't it pathetic how weak our Injustice System has become? You don't want to do that...okay. You need a vegetarian or kosher meal...okay. You want (fill in the blank)...okay, we'll see what we can do to accommodate you.

[@BernadetteMier]

why is she allowed anything? she didn't allow her children to live

[@Hellfish_08]

Same with Chad

[@MrBluecrab7]

Satan 👺

[@dadvastator967]

It's tricky. If they don't respect her rights, then they don't have to respect anyone's rights, and Lori gets to go home because of a mistrial. Good day

[@paulcolburn3855]

because.... feminism.

[@gwenstone9685]

@@MrBluecrab7no it was selfishness not the make believe devil

[@tamicox990]

I don’t know why they let her keep playing these games- try her and convict her- it’s that simple. Shes a criminal not your guest

[@tidusjecht9143]

She's making them look like fools. I wonder how many others will start using these tactics.

[@m.m.583]

Lori being a narcissist needs control of her matters this is how they operate. 🥴

[@Marc-x3s]

Because they still want to have their justice

[@jimlewis2395]

How the racketeers gonna make they money then??? $$$$$$$$

[@monicalewis5966]

It just goes to show how controlling and manipulating Lori truly is.

[@DewightBell]

@@monicalewis5966 Bla, bla, bla

[@fetishisticrose]

She's not in control of her life at all anymore. she's in prison.

[@louniece1650]

@monicalewis5966, It definitely does. She's a real piece of....work.

[@monicalewis5966]

​@@louniece1650yup, agreed.

[@elijahwilson1422]

@DewightBell nobody gave you permission to drop a pile of snark out of your caulq sucker

[@theshadowfax239]

Her refusing to comply should be a sign that she's competent. She's sane enough to know the outcome of what would happen if she went through a competency test

[@innocentnemesis3519]

She’s always been competent. Being highly manipulative isn’t a prohibitive mental health condition!

[@SlimKeith11]

You don't have the slightest idea what a competency test entails. This is unreal, almost none of you is educated on the legal system, AT ALL but you think your feelings are as relevant as facts. It's disturbing and childish. No wonder the world fears for us.

[@elijahwilson1422]

@SlimKeith11 she's absolutely doing what she is doing on purpose.

[@imcopper]

She is throwing a temper tantrum, she doesn't want anyone to diagnose her , she wants to be heard 1 more time.

[@4happythoughts]

How can someone in prison not able to show up?

[@BostonEsq]

She is in jail, not prison

[@stacy-jd7lt]

@@BostonEsq no kidding...again the hag is in custody..how does it not show up?

[@cathiemcintyre3921]

Lock her up forever. Vallow is a danger to society. Stop letting her get off for incompetence.

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

She will never het out. This is just a bow for the family.

[@nikoqaddadeh3238]

She is a PRISIONER. She does NOT have the right to refuse. Shame on our redeculous fractured judicial system.

[@kevinangus4848]

It is ridiculous. Give 'er the Hannibal Lechter treatment. 😁

[@BostonEsq]

She does have that right, and she is in jail not prison.

[@SlimKeith11]

How do YOU Know what her rights are? Your feelings ain't facts Luv, as much as your cult tells you otherwise. They're just feelings.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

​@@SlimKeith11As far as I am concerned--- she has no rights. Suck it up.

[@Hippitidippity]

Look there's a lot of people that do not understand how this process works.. her not showing up is only against herself forcing a disruptive inmate to be in the courtroom isn't good for a jury to see so if an inmate does not refuses to come to court nobody is going to force them because court will continue without them and it just goes against their own interest in the end

[@DM-lc2cf]

She doesn't want to show how old she is looking from being in prison.

[@LisaDiazAppleLisa]

lol I had that thought too

[@manda_musings8459]

Way to perpetuate societal obsession with female appearance

[@levithewonderdog335]

So true 😂😂

[@dw9034]

She hit the wall quick and hard

[@amandavanheerden7980]

Huge manipulator - has been her whole life. Hold her in contempt. She's trying to play the system to get out. She's escaped the death penalty once.

[@BostonEsq]

She can never get the death penalty in Arizona, she was NOT charged with murder in Arizona.

[@North_West1]

Hold her in contempt? How? She’s already locked up. I guess the court could fine her for contempt…but she has no money.

[@SlimKeith11]

Actually, by all accounts she WASN'T mentally ill and highly manipulative 'her whole life". Her family has spoken at length on the subject. Your feelings about the subject ain't facts What she did was beyond disgraceful but the facts are, she was a good Mother, she adopted JJ, a special needs child and by all accounts was amazing with him until she allowed herself to get sucked up in this Evangelical crap, it set off a very serous mental illness. Those aren't excuses, they're explanations for her behavior. Be prepared, you're gonna see a lot of religious/delusional crap now the US has elected Trump and those religious zealots/hypocrites cronies. Long live the top 1% of americans.

[@muffassa6739]

She should be in jail for the rest of her life ,no parole even she killed her children 😢

[@48mastadon]

I didn't know that you could just refuse to go to court. Fascinating....

[@levithewonderdog335]

In Adam Montgomery's case he refused to attend trial but the judge enforced that he attended his sentencing

[@ROKgem]

I'm so sick of her crap..

[@raceface48]

Her smug, smiling facial expressions are infuriating!!

[@levithewonderdog335]

Reminds me of the evil Tiffanie Lucas

[@lmcoopie]

Not infuriating, just disgusting.

[@travelinben1966]

Textbook sociopath.

[@csic123]

People like her make my blood boil 😡🤬

[@judyannstreich7499]

She is doing her "pageant prance" every time she enters the courtroom. All this attention is exactly what every narcissist craves and she is lapping it up like a cat with a bowl full of cream.

[@candacejones8578]

She is a waste of oxygen . Should never ever see light of day for what she has done to her children alone .

[@Delta-b9z]

This judge is an idiot

[@maxalberts2003]

There is that. I think she has charmed him. He must be badly off if he requires affirmation from a family annihilator.

[@PartyClown-gh4gz]

​@@maxalberts2003 judges are usually liberal jews

[@paulready8897]

The woman needs to be in prison and the key to her cell needs to be lost.

[@SlimKeith11]

She IS in prison. Did you take the short bus to school? Are you following this AT all?

[@SalveRegina8]

@@SlimKeith11dang Keith, he’s probably a young kid. Why so hostile?

[@tammylorcher5169]

Question. She's in custody, how does she not have to go to these hearings?

[@annemontanaro3795]

That's right Vallow just don't show up and it'll all go away.🙄

[@cherylthompson2731]

She is another Diane Downs.

[@S.Blonde]

I agree but the difference in this case is that Chad Daybell and Alex killed his wife and they both helped Lori kill her kids too whereas Diane Downs likely did everything on her own. ALL of them are monsters but Lori, Chad, AND Alex are slightly worse than Diane Downs because they killed for monetary gain which proves they have mental competency whereas Elizabeth Downs likely killed her kids on a desperate whim to get with a man that did not want her or step children because she had no insurance policy that she tried to collect money from like Lori and Chad did.

[@MoonChild-po9du]

Lori has more bodies

[@Lplumley]

Yes, very similar personalities

[@bobdenton1]

When Downs murdered and tried to murder her children, I lived in Eugene, Oregon.

[@Psychiatricnerd]

She is delusional. She will continue to be delusional. That’ll never change. Stop wasting time and resources to get her mind right. It will never be.

[@journeytozen8047]

She is in custody #1 how the hell can she get away with this????🤬 #2 she wants to represent herself and does not cooperate or show up! 🤬 come on .. is this really being allowed??? 🤬🤬🤬 Is Darrell brooks advising her??

[@lorileary4432]

who is Darrel Brooks ?

[@journeytozen8047]

@ oh you have to google him!!! He was the crazy guy who drove through a thanksgiving day parade in Wisconsin. He represented hisself and was a hot mess!

[@alanmcdermott2368]

that is putting it lightly ​@@journeytozen8047

[@SlimKeith11]

This happens every day and the case proceeds without the defendant. It's her loss. You'all act like it's something rare.

[@journeytozen8047]

@@SlimKeith11 well my darling, for this convicted murderer to first represent herself then to refuse to attend or help out with her case -to me personally is appalling! For them to pause a court case because a convicted felon refused is go is quite a shock! I am not a lawyer. I am a true crime fan who watched all kind of coverage on this particular case. Don’t think many cases cater to this kind of situation! Many cases would go on they would be penalized!

[@janetmosier9182]

Here she goes again Lori playing games so she can be the center of attention. It's time to stop her manipulation once and for all. Pure evil. Though she is already convicted for the murders of JJ, Tylee and Tammy Charles and Brandon deserve Justice too

[@skippykaufman4436]

It’s a disgrace. Her lawyers should be sanctioned, too. Maybe her sister inmates will bring some kind of justice.

[@sharonashcraft6358]

Thanks for your coverage of this case Justin

[@DLB42]

She murdered her children and flounces around in court smiling and laughing. Disgusting.

[@I_Am_Your_Problem]

@DLB42 Got news for you lady... the mentally unwell. They don't respond the same as other people.

[@GingersnapKat]

The court needs to walk a fine line, follow things to a T. They dont want her getting let off on even a tiniest technicality if they can prevent it.

[@XiaoFury]

Ok, MAKE her go to trial. She's already in jail.

[@christophernewhouse5832]

She's never getting out they might as well just sentence her & save some tax $$$ 4 something else

[@suebradley9251]

Charles needs justice and the police department didn't do anything when Charles reported that he was afraid for his life and they didn't do there job

[@BostonEsq]

It is NOT the job of the police to protect citizens from harm. They did their job.

[@BostonEsq]

THEIR not there.

[@DavidWalls-sr1pg]

​@@BostonEsqpolice are there to watch the public.

[@BostonEsq]

@DavidWalls-sr1pg Their job is not to protect citizens from harm.

[@DavidWalls-sr1pg]

@BostonEsq I know. Their job is to keep an eye on the citizen. We've both said these things already.

[@shawnhuff3920]

She won't show up she is guilty and knows the court can see that she is complete competent to be charged 😮

[@chrismiller8771]

She will meet a real judge someday.we all know who I’m talking about.😮

[@fancykitty7245]

She sure has aged. Evil coming out 😮

[@briancooper2112]

Put her in general population

[@lulamamie8524]

They will serve Justice!!!!

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

How does someone that’s locked up get a choice about anything?

[@karenlarosa7826]

She should have been dragged into court! How dare her waste all this time!

[@mlsa9520]

She's disgusting and creepy! Just wasting everyone's time.

[@factualbreakdown3072]

I don't know what SHE wants and I don't care, but if she ISN'T being charged with a capital offense in the death of Charles Vallow, which she SHOULD BE, since she already has a life sentence, Arizona is just wasting time and money. While I oppose the death penalty, I acknowledge circumstances under which an argument can be made for it, this case being one of them!

[@theshadowfax239]

The families of the other victims deserve information, proof, and closure. It is not a waste of money to provide them with that through trial.

[@joephillips7612]

She was extremely competent at milling all those relatives but not competent to stand trial?

[@kathy8207]

Isnt being in jail and prison a form of giving up your rights to your freedom? Why would she have the freedom to choose the ppl she killed and or tried to kill had no choice of what happened why should she

[@butterflydana3856]

She is pulling the nutty stuff like she did in the kids Tylee & JJ's trial; nothing new in her attempts.

[@LynnAdams-z4y]

What is she doing out anyway if she was convicted that should’ve been it. But not showing up for her court date shows that she is in capable of responsibility and is hiding her shame

[@kathy3178]

She is in prison. She refused to get in the transport van to go to court.

[@Therapistmind]

@@kathy3178exactly

[@lorileary4432]

@@kathy3178, a couple of STRONG guards should have 'helped her' get in the van !

[@VeteranGamerDad4Christ]

how can you be in jail and refuse to show up ? "did you ask her nicely ?" "did you use big words ?" how about did you use 4 large correctional officers pick her up and drag her in ? the issue with being an adult, you dont have a choice

[@I_Am_Your_Problem]

@VeteranGamerDad4Christ Despite reality proving you wrong... you still insist you are right. Typical bible banger. Anybody can fail to appear no matter where they are.

[@VeteranGamerDad4Christ]

@@I_Am_Your_Problem not sure what your message was but im pretty sure you are correct if you are incarcerated and are ordered to appear, how do you have a choice ?

[@PrimetimeKCL]

Thank you for relentlessly covering this story, Justin Lum!

[@tvviewer4500]

How does an inmate refuse transportation to court?

[@daisi4925]

Like everyone here, why is she out of prison or gets to make her choice on anything really. She should be locked away, for ever

[@fredcsensits4476]

Hold the defense attorneys in contemp and putting them in jail

[@mattd844]

10 months in a hospital but im literally dying and can only stay a week in the hospital…wtf!!

[@rrksk]

Since when is inmates willingly taken anywhere?

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

When I was in nursing school I had to do a rotation at the criminally mentally ill facility. I don't know what prison is like but going to a mental health facility can't be a better choice to make if you want to avoid sentencing to a penitentiary.

[@kentfelice]

Why is this woman still alive?

[@kathywright6853]

Hope justice is served

[@cinnamonstickeats2929]

Is she doing the judge?? What's really going on here?? 🤔

[@oaklandfan5262]

The judicial system is a complete joke

[@brettlee-2112]

Some things aren't worth preservation.

[@winstonthehavenese5269]

What a waste of court and taxpayers $’s.

[@arizonabill1445]

I don't like to tell the Sheriff his job (out Sheriff is a great guy) but in this case I would have to say, I'll be happy to come down and show them how to get a prisoner to court.

[@nikitakucherov5028]

Keep both psychopaths in prison forever whatever hearings and rules transpire over the years

[@patrickosmium733]

As soon as a friend or family member starts on crazy religious babble, SHUT THAT S*** DOWN!!! Don't respect people's "beliefs".

[@sharonkriskovich5911]

You bet she is sane enough to go forward unfit nothing farther from the truth and she is behind branden and killing her husband

[@sammyduncan4723]

Go ahead and hold the trial without it being there

[@shirl974]

Maybe she was having a bad hair day 🤔

[@YouHadMeAtMoonPie]

Probably needs her roots done 🙄

[@Elisa-r7g]

She is absolutely fit to stand trial she killed her children and her husband and her new husbands wife. She is a sick person who wanted anyone out of her way that didn’t fit into her plans. Don’t let her fool you

[@tammylorcher5169]

And her brother.

[@happydayz7857]

I can’t wait to see her defend herself in court 😂 this is going to be the biggest circus

[@billiebobbienorton2556]

Let her go free and let the world know where she is........I think she'll get what's coming to her.

[@oscarlavista7677]

She wanted to hire a fool for a lawyer.

[@afvet5075]

So much for a speedy trial. She's stalling.

[@cruzmizzl]

Is this the 'Barbie Court' Peter was talking about in 'Family Guy'? OK, let's play along: Hmmm, Let's see... Where could she be hiding?

[@marlaroberts2087]

Enough already! Guilty as sin!

[@kate4biglittlevoices]

She still is very accustomed to getting what she wants

[@williamjones7163]

She is playing the court like a cheap fiddle 🎻.

[@tatanayaalexandra6967]

How does the deadbeat mother get to make the decision if she feels like showing up?

[@PatrioticGma]

Her attorneys advised her not to, but I don't understand why.

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

Deadbeat parents don’t kill their children. She’s way worse than that!!

[@JenniferFinley-cu2qm]

That speaks for itself!!! 🤔 She's looney as heck ...

[@Mimisof4]

She is a nut case but not insane!!!!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬

[@kowgyrl]

Has anyone seen the Rob Zombie film, The Devil's Rejects? Lori is just like "Baby" and "Mother Firefly"😱

[@patrickfair9107]

She's not crazy she's just a monster.

[@franksnowboarder]

Just toss in prison for life and quit wasting time and money

[@HeatherMorrow-q5h]

They have always drug them in even if they don’t want to why is she allowed to b different

[@scottthurman6135]

Our judicial system is failing miserably.

[@graemeorr5884]

How is a murderer allowed to walk the streets

[@Mr.Nobody_97]

Not a flight risk at all, I’m sure she will show up soon 🤡

[@nebel-i5w]

You wish for justice, America? Very well. 🎉

[@robertbishop5357]

If she has been charged with 3 murders and one attempted murder why is she out?

[@justinlumfox10]

She’s in jail but refused transported to court. She is accused of murder conspiracy for two cases, already convicted and sentenced for three murders in Idaho but now back in AZ for this.

[@Cthulhuismyhero]

Why is there even a question? She knows EXACTLY what she is doing.

[@rogerhuber3133]

Our Justice System is completely out of whack! She seems happy with everything that's happened.

[@ericericgoodwin8147]

She seems so happy in jail

[@LifesAPeach2Me]

0:45 *I LOVE her new Smugshot!* It makes me laugh every time I see it! She prides herself on her looks and they are quickly vanishing. It's got to be tough on her! 🤣😂

[@amistenson2535]

How does someone in custody refuse a court appearance?

[@enjolras76]

I guess when you're guilty you can always just.......ignore it and refuse. worked for trump.

[@tbecker97204]

I mean, um, doesn't *NOT* showing up in court usually mean a warrant is issued for your arrest, even in Arizona?

[@victoriaanderson7954]

How do you refuse to show up if you're in custody?

[@zcvxs]

Zoom the court from her prison room. Tons of court cases are on zoom

[@truecrimelover61]

surprised tho...she usually wants to be in front of the camera. bad hair day for her. thx.

[@emlis9301]

Hair needs to go. Buzz cut

[@S.Blonde]

@@emlis9301 It will fall out. All that grey hair ain't good to have in jail and prison because that is just dead hear waiting to fall out if not maintained with certain chemicals not available in prison and jail. Same as her fillers that already dissolved by her first trial in Idaho. The REAL is that she will look like her mother in a couple years with whatever age quick and wrinkle up genes that family has.

[@monicalewis5966]

​@@emlis9301the hair is the star of the show.....every time. Buzz cut needed long time ago.

[@emlis9301]

@@monicalewis5966 They should donate hair

[@Kpictures_NYC]

She's a narcissist and doesn't want to be held accountable. May she live a short horrible life.

[@briang9581]

The inmate is running the asylum and the courthouse. The people supposedly in charge should be ashamed for letting this happen.

[@jeffspicoli2643]

I don't know... she doesn't look crazy.

[@frankdank7439]

She tried to save the world from a zombie apocalypse, and this is the thanks we gave her.

[@whatwhat745]

Money, religious beliefs and sex, ya don't say!