Joe Benigno
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694 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 22 Jul
Joe Benigno’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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but given past performance with little confidence in that department.
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And so we offer this plea to Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York State.
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Under state law, she can detain Gombert indefinitely using something called civil commitment.
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That statute applies to so-called SVPs, or sexually violent predators as they're known.
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In the eyes of this reporter and my team of co-producers, there's no one who fits that description better than Howard John Gombert Jr.,
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When I first met Anthony in January of 21, he was a newly wealthy man.
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He had his check for $12 million from Putnam County, minus his lawyer's cut.
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He had an additional $5 million from New York State for those wrongful years behind bars.
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He'd bought himself a penthouse in Westchester County and filled it with expensive toys.
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He had a girlfriend who loved him and the freedom to travel widely.
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At 43, he had the world at his feet.
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But for all that, he hadn't been outside in weeks.
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Downstairs, his black Mercedes was caked in dust.
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It never left the garage unless his girlfriend drove it.
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His meals came up via DoorDash runners.
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They might as well have shoved them through a slot in the door.
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Because that's what injustice does to a man.
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It turns him into his own jailer.
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That first day, we sat and talked for hours, he and I. Every hour or so, he'd get up to use the john.
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and come back with a tall pour of vodka.
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