Frank Parlato
His Daughter’s Sworn Declaration Dismantles His Poverty Claim Point by Point
Dr. Bandy X. Lee, the forensic psychiatrist that Christopher Ambrose sued for diagnosing him with psychopathic traits, has filed a supplemental motion to dismiss his lawsuit with prejudice — not on the merits, but because Ambrose committed fraud on the court to file it.
The her motion, filed January 26, 2026, in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Dr. Lee argues that Ambrose’s March 2025 in forma pauperis application — the sworn poverty affidavit that allowed him to sue without paying the $405 filing fee — was “rife with material falsehoods and omissions” that constitute “a fraudulent scheme to weaponize poverty.”
Lee asks Judge Sarala V. Nagala to dismiss the case and refer Ambrose to the U.S. Attorney for a criminal investigation into perjury, false statements, and wire fraud.
Attached as Exhibit B is a declaration from the person who knows the truth better than anyone: Ambrose’s 19-year-old daughter, Mia.
The Daughter Speaks
Mia Catherine Ambrose’s declaration, executed January 25, 2026, under penalty of perjury, is a demolition of her father’s sworn representations to the court.
On March 16, 2025, Christopher Ambrose told Judge Nagala: “Our older son Matthew and daughter Mia are 18 but full-time high school students. I provide all their support.”
Mia’s response contradicted her father’s sworn statement:
“I did not reside with Chris Ambrose after August 2024. From that date forward, I lived independently and received no financial, housing, or material support from him.”
Ambrose knew this because when Mia left, he called the Madison Police, demanded they issue a Silver Alert, filed motions in family court claiming she had disappeared, and showed up at her friends’ homes and their parents’ workplaces trying to track her down. He contacted the university that a friend attended.
What he did not do, Mia states, was notify DCF, the state child protection agency, that his minor daughter was supposedly missing. Nor did he tell her high school she had disappeared. He told Daniel Hand High School he was “uncertain when I would return to school.”
The school, despite months of absences, never filed a truancy report with DCF.
When Mia learned the police were looking for her, she (then 17) contacted the Madison Police to let them know she was safe and would not return. Then she left the state and did not resurface until she turned 18.
“Given Chris Ambrose’s documented pattern of using every means available to force our return to his custody, I left the state, cut off all contact with friends and my brothers to keep them out of harm’s way, and did not resurface until I was 18.”
The Madison Police refused Ambrose’s demand for a Silver Alert. The court took no action.
Seven months later, Ambrose swore to a federal judge that she was living with him and attending school full-time.
The Brother Withdrew Before the Affidavit
Mia’s declaration addresses her brother Matthew as well.
Matthew Ambrose withdrew from Daniel Hand High School on March 12, 2025. Mia states she has reviewed the withdrawal form, signed and dated by both Matthew and the school.
Ambrose signed his IFP affidavit four days later, on March 16, swearing that he provided support to Matthew, who was a full-time high school student. Matthew has not been enrolled in any school since.
The Documents He Wouldn’t Return
Mia’s declaration also describes what happened when she turned 18 and tried to reclaim her own identity.
Ambrose had retained her Social Security card, passports, Guatemalan birth information, adoption dossier, and adoption papers. For a young Guatemalan woman in the current political climate, these documents are not keepsakes. They are proof of citizenship and lawful status.
“Chris Ambrose’s refusal to provide my identification documents thwarted my independence; creating significant barriers to housing, employment, education, medical care, and other administrative processes.”
Mia states, “all the while maintaining to this court and government agencies that I am his dependent, reside with him, and attend school full time.”
In February 2025, Mia emailed Ambrose requesting her belongings and identification. He didn’t respond.
She returned to Connecticut and went to the Madison Police Department, which was minutes from Ambrose’s residence. An officer placed a call on speakerphone to facilitate retrieval. Ambrose admitted he had read every email. He refused every option proposed by Mia and the police for returning her property. She was over 18 and legally entitled to her legal identification.
Lee’s motion states:
“Plaintiff even refused to return her clothing, ID, and personal documents, and misrepresented her residency to authorities to continue receiving benefits and bolster his IFP claim.”
The man who told the court, “I provide all their support” wouldn’t give his daughter her Social Security card.
The Beach House and the Poverty Claim
The four bedroom waterfront property on Middle Beach Road overlooks the Fence Creek Estuary and East Wharf Beach Park Ambrose told the court he paid $2450 in rent but the lease lists $3750
Mia’s declaration corroborates what this publication first reported: Ambrose lied about his rent.
On his IFP affidavit, Ambrose listed monthly rent as $2,450, the amount for a prior residence at 381 Horsepond Road. His actual rent, at 153 Middle Beach Road — a furnished beachfront property — is $3,750 per month, a difference of $1,300. Because the property came furnished, Ambrose placed his belongings in storage, incurring additional monthly fees he also did not disclose.
Mia states Ambrose renewed the lease at $3,750 per month for the 2025–2026 year.
Lee’s motion notes the property is valued at over $2.2 million. The motion calls Ambrose’s understated rent part of a broader strategy to “exaggerate his poverty” to the court.
The Hidden Money
Mia’s declaration and Lee’s motion lay out the financial assets Ambrose concealed:
Ambrose told the court he had $294.98 in a checking account. He did not disclose a second checking account under Eyes Above Productions, Inc. — his entertainment industry company registered in California — through which he receives and spends money. Mia states she has seen checks and mail addressed to “Eyes Above Productions, Inc., FSO Chris Ambrose, 151 El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills, CA.”
He checked “no” to owning stocks. He maintains a stock portfolio with Fidelity, holds a 401(k), and has accounts with both Bank of America and Fidelity. Mia states he has “accrued income through account withdrawals, liquidating stocks, and earning dividends.”
He told the federal court he had zero income. He receives regular residual and royalty checks from the Writers Guild of America West, paid to Eyes Above Productions approximately quarterly. These are real income payments for past television writing work and he disclosed none of them.
He omitted an inheritance. Ambrose has been participating in Connecticut Probate Court hearings throughout 2025-2026 regarding his parents’ estate. Lee’s motion estimates his share at over $800,000. Mia confirms he “will receive a substantial inheritance of hundreds of thousands of dollars, which includes the sale of their home in Wethersfield, CT.”
The SNAP Benefits He “Just Learned” About
Ambrose told Judge Nagala: “I just learned I am eligible for SNAP.”
Mia states he had been receiving SNAP benefits in 2024–2025 and had “concealed that he already received thousands of dollars in SNAP benefits.”
Ambrose also told the court, “My kids and I are on Medicaid (Husky Health),” meaning he has Mia listed as a dependent on state benefits applications despite knowing she doesn’t live with him.
As this publication previously reported, for a four-person household with no income in Connecticut, SNAP allotment runs approximately $740 to $770 per month — almost identical to the $750 Ambrose listed as his monthly grocery expense. By omitting SNAP while claiming groceries as an out-of-pocket cost, Ambrose effectively billed the government twice.
Mia states Ambrose also applied for and received an Eversource utility hardship discount, which he did not disclose, while listing utility payments at $750 per month.
“He Has Been Unemployed for Eight Years”
There is another detail in Mia’s declaration worth noting. Ambrose told the court: “I have been unemployed for three years and unable to find work.”
Mia states the truth is eight years, since 2018, “when his professional conduct was discovered and widely reported in several mainstream media outlets, and representation by his Hollywood agents was terminated.”
The professional conduct scandal involved plagiarism on the CBS series Instinct, where Ambrose recycled a Bones script.
In 2018, Plagiarism Today did a detailed analysis.
CBS-owned TV Guide reported the controversy, calling it a “stolen storyline.”
Michael Rauch, “Instinct’s” showrunner, publicly apologized to “Bones” creator Hart Hanson, and Ambrose lost representation, effectively ending his TV career.
Ambrose’s last IMDb credit is the contentious “Instinct” episode, “Secrets and Lies,” which aired ironically on April Fools Day, 2018, which was also Easter Sunday.
He has been unemployed for eight years.
By telling the court he’d been unemployed for three years, Ambrose moved the timeline forward to make it appear that Lee’s online criticism, not his own misconduct, caused his unemployment. That distinction matters in a defamation case, because he’s suing Lee for allegedly damaging a reputation that was destroyed by plagiarism years before Lee ever assessed him.
The Legal Argument: Mandatory Dismissal
Lee’s motion invokes 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(A), which states: “the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that the allegation of poverty is untrue.”
The word is “shall”— not “may.”
When the poverty claim is false, dismissal is mandatory.
Lee argues that the dismissal should be with prejudice, meaning Ambrose cannot refile, as the fraud was deliberate, not accidental. She cites Mathis v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co. (7th Cir. 1998) and Vann v. Comm’r of N.Y.C. Dep’t of Correction (2d Cir. 2012), both upholding dismissal with prejudice where litigants concealed assets on IFP applications.
Lee also notes that after gaining free filing in her case, Ambrose paid full filing fees in his subsequent lawsuits against blogger Tina Swithin and this writer, proving he had the money all along.
“In other words, Mr. Ambrose had the financial means to litigate, but he chose to misrepresent his finances to avoid the fee in this particular case, thereby abusing the IFP privilege.”
The Criminal Referral
Lee’s motion asks Judge Nagala to refer Ambrose to the U.S. Attorney (David X. Sullivan) for investigation under three federal statutes:
18 U.S.C. § 1621 — Perjury: making willfully false statements under oath in a sworn affidavit.
18 U.S.C. § 1001 — False statements: knowingly making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the federal courts, which Lee argues could extend to false information provided to federal agencies for SNAP and other benefits.
18 U.S.C. § 1343 — Wire fraud: using interstate electronic communications to further a scheme to defraud, including the electronic filing of a false affidavit. The $402 waiver of the filing fee constitutes “property” obtained by fraud.
Lee notes that Ambrose is a former attorney, a fact that, as Lee writes, “heightens the seriousness of his actions — he was certainly aware of the illegality of false statements under oath, yet proceeded regardless.”
The Pattern Mia Confirms
Mia’s declaration concludes with:
“Christopher Ambrose has consistently concealed sources of income and misrepresented the composition of his household both to this Court and to various government agencies. He overstated his expenses and dependents while understating or omitting his assets and income to appear impoverished. His actions were deliberate and documented, not accidental.”
This is a sworn declaration, filed in federal court, from a witness with direct personal knowledge of Ambrose’s household, finances, and conduct — contradicting his sworn statements on virtually every material point.
The Clinical Irony
Dr. Lee assessed Ambrose at 32 on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, two points above the clinical threshold. She identified pathological lying, lack of empathy, failure to accept responsibility, and a “manipulative and predatory relational style.”
Ambrose sued her for saying it.
Then he filed a sworn affidavit that, if Lee’s motion and Mia’s declaration are credited, demonstrates pathological lying to a federal court, lack of empathy toward his own daughter, failure to accept responsibility for his unemployment, and manipulation of the judicial system to obtain a benefit he didn’t deserve.
Lee’s motion states that Ambrose “constructed a false narrative of indigence to gain an unwarranted litigation advantage.”
The man who sued a psychiatrist for calling him a psychopath may have proved her diagnosis in a sworn federal filing — for $405.
The case is Ambrose v. Lee, No. 3:25-cv-00398-SVN, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Dr. Lee’s supplemental motion to dismiss was filed January 26, 2026.
Frank Parlato is the publisher of the Frank Report and a defendant in a related defamation action filed by Ambrose, No. 3:25-cv-01151-SVN.
Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.
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Parental Alienation Activist and Warrior. Fatherless household. Go back and Wealthy White Wolf moved into Connecticut.
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Nov 14,2025 Slam the gavel . Success within Unity, Not Division with David Weigel . Fraud warrior or father’s rights activist and 50/50 custody and stopping child support .
David Weigel has gone on to say that Georgina is a Narcissist for filing for divorce. Often shows up to fatherhood rallies. With men like “Rob” Garza. In 2014 The Connecticut parental alienation specialist presented a three strikes bill. Rob has gone on the Anti Alienation podcast to discuss women filing for divorce for ” gifts and prizes”. Yes, the same people pushing parental alienation in 2014 in Connecticut are involved in this group. Have done nothing for Domestic violence victims and children involved in these cases.
David has complained about Frank doing nothing for him. Karen has gone on to proclaim David’s integrity. Who bought the Family court circus and is controlling speech? Actually not assisting in Karen’s case or any other mothers case in the state. While Richard filters comments and commandeers the narrative. I thank you frank for allowing everyone to speak out to fix family court. Giving children a voice in the harm the family court system has caused . The money being abused not only by the Connecticut tax payers but the tax payers throughout the nation. Giving voice to Dr. Lee not just the alienation industry and it’s pushers .
I would love to see Frank write a follow up on Fraud Warrior and his crusade against mothers and fighting the system . Solicitation of female advocates for change only to weaponize his “charity” against them.
Enough is Enough we want all this ugly truth about family court, not just through the Warriors / Alienation pushers lens. Thanks frank for providing a more open view.
Journalistic integrity is adherence to ethical standards ensuring reporting is accurate, fair, OBJECTIVE,, which is essential for maintaining public trust. Key pillars include seeking truth , minimizing public harm, acting independently from influence and maintaining accountability. It requires verification clear sources , avoiding conflict of interest and correcting mistakes . Dear Mr. Luthmann.
Free speech and the fight to fix family court .
Did Bandi Lee disclose to the court that she has been acting as Mia’s psychiatrist? Dragging your psychiatry client into your defamation court case is such an egregious conflict of interest and cause for revocation of Bandi Lee’s right to practice.
You can write that in your response Chris.
Your usual commentators are all so crazy (safe to assume it’s all Batshit Lee, Crackpot Riordan, Basement-Rattling Boyne, and Off-his-meds Luthman ) that if anyone writes a clear or sane sentence you automatically think it must be a former professional writer like Chris, I guess.
I ain’t him.
“Fraud upon the court”? Sounds like Batshit Lee had Boingo write her motion just like Cuckoo Riordan used to do. Look how well that worked for Riordan.
Lock ‘em all up, for their own and others safety.
You made your point Chris.
Who will save the tax payer from welfare fraud 🤥?. Paul Boyne is in jail because he threatened judges in satire , not necessarily because he lied. Is Dr. Lee crazy? Is Karen crazy? I don’t think Luthmann is off his meds. He knows what is going on. Sorry, but there is lots of fraud upon the court. The question is who is engaged in the fraud?. Is anyone in the state of Connecticut bothering to figure it out? Is anyone going to investigate the insane Linda Gotlibe? Her own colleagues are speaking out about her camps. Who should be locked up for public safety?
The only disturbed one is you Chris. Your hair fettishes, stalking young men and taking their photos in public places, stalking with aliases on the internet, and pretending you’re a barber to access those with similar perversions are illnesses you’ve had for decades. You will lose every case because there are no damages. There is no financial loss as you haven’t been employed for nearly a decade and your career was floundering before that. You were asked to leave or not brought back to many shows. You never made it to showrunner because of your temper and your lack of ethics. No one will back you in Hollywood. You’re desperate to have the public believe your tales but who you are is known Chris. You’re an aging, desperate creature who cannot deal with your own perverse sexuality. You’re a danger and deeply depraved. God help you.
You must be deaf, dumb, and blind to believe all that.
Have you ever sat and asked yourself why multiple jurisdictions across multiple states have all ruled in his favor and against Karen? Literally every – single – time? Over many years and countless motions?
It’s because Chris is in the right and Karen is in the wrong. Period.
The only people who take Karen’s side are the people who want to take her money.
Curious reply from “Chris”. The issue is the truth of the affidavit, not the relationship of the affiant to a party to the litigation.
Oh yes, that’s the issue in that defamation case.
the issue in the bigger picture is Bendy Lee has zero ethics for abusing her psychiatric client by getting her to testify in a defamation case brought by her client’s own father.
Mark my words, BAndy Lee will be institutionalized for prefrontal cortex dementia within the next three years. She has clearly lost her mind. The only other thing that could explain her bizarre behavior in my opinion is that she’s abusing meth or something.
The statute says ‘shall.’ The affidavit says ‘fiction.’ The remedy writes itself.
Weaponized indigence. History of plagiarism. Pathological liar.
Beachfront rent, hidden accounts, royalties… but ‘$0 income’? Come on. Any one of his lies is of material significance and warrants dismissal with prejudice.
Using your own daughter as a prop in a poverty claim is next-level unethical.
Swearing you support kids who don’t live with you isn’t a mistake—it’s perjury.
If courts don’t enforce §1915 when fraud is alleged with documentary support, the IFP system becomes a loophole for bad-faith litigants. Enforcing the rule protects the court’s credibility and the scarce resources meant for genuine hardship cases.
Whatever you think of the lawsuit, the daughter’s declaration is heartbreaking. Withholding identity documents from your own child to maintain control and benefits crosses a moral line that has nothing to do with defamation law.
the IFP affidavit is materially false, the statute is crystal clear: dismissal is mandatory. Courts can’t look the other way when someone lies to get access to the system for free. That’s not justice—that’s abuse of process.
Dr. Lee got it right.
Should this case proceed to discovery, I would like to know the following; (1) whether Ambrose ever had sexual relations with young Latino boys; and (2) if it is indeed true that Ambrose and Reardon never consummated their marriage, does this mean that Ambrose is gay and therefore manipulated/fraudulently induced Reardon into marrying him by not disclosing he was gay ahead of time?
Yes. The entire marriage was a fraud. He kept making excuses to Riordan including having “venous leakage”. Couldn’t have sex with her but later discovered he had prescriptions of viagara.
It’s really hard to believe that this didn’t come up before the marriage
Or in the four years before they co-adopted children.