PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Multnomah County judge denied a motion by Nancy Brophy’s defense attorneys to an effort to keep evidence in the case sealed until the trial starts.
Brophy, the romance/mystery author accused of killing her chef husband at the Oregon Culinary Institute in 2018, did not appear in court as her attorneys made their effort to keep jail visitor logs and the probable cause affadvit sealed.
Judge Kenneth Walker listened as the attorneys argued Brophy’s right to a fair trial would be violated by the public release of information that may affect the jury pool.
But in February, Walker ruled he would unseal the information at her bail hearing on April 19. Friday’s ruling seems to keep that in place.
However, Walker said her attorneys can present other information to him before April 19 to try to change his mind and he’ll consider them.
To date, attorneys for Nancy Crampton Brophy — the novelist who write a 2011 essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — have successfully managed to keep the jail visitor logs and probable cause documents related to her case sealed.
The 68-year-old novelist is accused of using a 9mm pistol to kill her husband Daniel Brophy at the Oregon Culinary Institute back in June 2018.
She is also being sued by her stepson for $1.7 million. He claims that since his father, Daniel Brophy, is dead and Nancy is accused of killing him, he is “entitled to recover” the money to cover pain, suffering and loss of companionship.”
KOIN 6 News will update this story as developments happen.