Frank Parlato

FBI Ranked OneTaste Alongside Epstein and NXIVM — Then Couldn’t Charge Trafficking

The LA Times Reported Leo Grillo’s Arrest and Missed the Important Facts

WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — On February 27, 2026, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda dismissed Jerry Sandusky’s post-conviction petition without holding a hearing. She is the third judge assigned to the matter.

Leo Grillo is a former client of the author. Frank Parlato has previously published investigative reporting on the civil case underlying this matter.

I Thought Judges Were Supposed to Be Smart

May 7, 2019 — United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York

In March 2025, Christopher Ambrose, a disgraced television writer fired for plagiarism and a suspended attorney from Madison, Connecticut, filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Bandy X. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist.

The federal indictment against David Duong describes a curious bribery scheme with two alleged payments.

WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — In Part 1 of this series, we reported that Senior Judge Maureen Skerda dismissed Jerry Sandusky’s PCRA petition on February 27, 2026, without issuing the Rule 907 notice that Pennsylvania law requires before a petition can be dismissed without a hearing. That violation alone wil

This is the second in a series on olive oil — what it is, where it came from, why it is, in its pure form, very good for you, and why most of what you’re buying isn’t what it claims to be.

This series is a day-by-day, witness-by-witness account of the federal trial of Keith Raniere, founder of NXIVM, tried in May and June 2019 before Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in the Eastern District of New York.

WARREN COUNTY, Pa. — On Feb. 27, 2026, Senior Judge Maureen Skerda denied Jerry Sandusky’s Post-Conviction Relief Act petition in an eleven-page order. The ruling dismissed the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing.