Joe Benigno
speaker
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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He was convicted of assault and sent to prison, but wrote her constantly from his cell.
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He warned her he had people watching her movements and threatened to kill her when he got out.
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So now Anthony and his team had six of Gombert's victims.
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Five of them were willing to testify in court, and two, Rachel and her mother, were prepared to tell a jury about Gombert's pursuit of Josette.
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The sixth woman was Gombert's ex-girlfriend, Anne-Marie.
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She was a girl of 16 when he wooed her, then had a daughter by her.
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Anne-Marie told Putnam cops that Gombert had raped and beat her for years.
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In early 95, she charged him with rape, three months after Josette went missing.
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She also told those cops about Gombert and Josette, his offering her the babysitting job and giving her a ride in a little red and black car.
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With all those witnesses and proof of Gombert's M.O., Anthony had a strong case for acquittal.
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But I'll remind you again, this is Putnam County, the same place a jury sentenced Anthony to life without a shred of physical evidence or a credible witness.
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And so once more, he'd have to go wrestle the bear, persuade a Putnam judge to let all the facts speak.
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And not just the facts those Putnam cops contrived.
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In the spring of 2012, Anthony and his lawyers were in a courtroom in Carmel, New York.
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The occasion was a pretrial hearing to weigh the evidence his team had spent years collecting.
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But before the judge ruled, he wanted to hear from a key witness.
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That witness was Howard Gombert.
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Gombert was hauled in from Cheshire Correctional, where he was serving decades for sexually assaulting Sarah.
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They bring Howard Gombert in from Connecticut.
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He looked very white, like he ain't seen the yard, like a vampire.
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