https://nypost.com/2017/12/13/serial-bride-threatened-with-jail-after-showing-up-late-for-courtDec 13, 2017
A Bronx judge threatened to toss the borough’s notorious serial bride behind bars Wednesday — for her serial lateness.
Liana Barrientos appeared apathetic as she was chastised by an irate Judge Steven Barrett for being three hours late to court.
“I truly get the impression she thinks she can write her own rules,” Barrett told her defense attorney, who argued his client is living in shelter and juggling care for her 9-year-old daughter.
“I put her in jail once, and I will do it again,” the judge said.
Prosecutors also complained that Barrientos–who copped to fraud charges after she was caught lying that a 2010 wedding was her first–has been late to her program as well.
“Miss Barrientos, I tried ever effort, every effort to work with you,” Barrett said, adding he’ll lock her up if she’s late to the next court date.
“This is the only time I’ve been late,” Barrientos — who wed 10 men in 11 years — whined to us in April, the last time the judge threatened to jail her for tardiness.
The same judge issued a warrant for her arrest in May 2015 when she was on the lam for days–and then re-emerged, claiming she simply forgot about court.
Barrientos faces up to four years behind bars when she returns to court for sentencing in February.
https://nypost.com/2017/02/15/serial-bride-apologizes-to-the-country-for-green-card-scam/February 15, 2017
“I apologize to the American people because I could have put them at risk,” Liana Barrientos, who wed 10 men over 11 years as part of a green-card scam, told The Post.
“I could have let people stay in this country who could have killed us,” the 40-year-old Barrientos lamented.
“This is what I get because of my own selfishness and not doing my homework. I would have to live with that for the rest of my life.”
Barrientos copped to a plea deal in July 2016 in exchange for up to 18 months in an outpatient program treating substance abuse and mental illness.
If she fails out of the program, she could face up to four years behind bars.
“It was a stupid moment,” she said. “The father of my child was in jail, and getting $5,000 to $10,000 for 10 minutes [getting married] was better than stripping or selling drugs.”
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