Frank Parlato
Christopher A. Ambrose was a television writer whose career imploded in a plagiarism scandal in 2018. He is a suspended New York attorney.
He sued psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee after she publicly declared he was a psychopath and a danger to his children.
To avoid a $405 filing fee, Ambrose filed an affidavit with the federal court in Connecticut swearing he was too poor to pay.
When he signed the affidavit, he was paying $3,750 a month to rent a beachfront house valued at $2.4 million, collecting Writers Guild royalties through his California entertainment company, and holding accounts at Fidelity Investments.
The four bedroom waterfront property on Middle Beach Road overlooks the Fence Creek Estuary and East Wharf Beach Park
On March 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge Sarala Nagala ordered Ambrose to produce his March 2025 bank records, retirement accounts, and lease by April 14 or face dismissal of his lawsuit.
The law that allowed him to file for free is Title 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), which provides that in “any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, or appeal therein,” an individual may proceed “without prepayment of fees or security therefore, by a person who submits an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets.”
The affidavit is sworn under penalty of perjury.
The Second Circuit has held that if a district court finds that an individual’s “allegation of poverty is untrue,” the court is “required . . . to dismiss the action.”
The judge may also refer the filer of a false affidavit to the US Attorney for criminal prosecution for perjury.
The Royalties
The affidavit has an income section. It lists six possible sources of income — business or self-employment, rent or dividends, pension or annuity, disability, gifts or inheritances, and any other sources. Ambrose checked No to each one.
Ambrose wrote for television series including Bones, Instinct, and Law and Order. His career ended in 2018 when he was fired for plagiarism.
The Writers Guild of America pays residuals tied to reruns, streaming, and licensing. A writer does not have to be employed to receive them.
Ambrose’s daughter Mia provided an affidavit to the court on behalf of Dr. Lee declaring that Ambrose has a company that has been collecting WGA checks for years, contradicting his claim of no income on his poverty affidavit.
If the company, Eyes Above Productions, received a WGA payment in March 2025, it may appear in the Bank of America records the judge ordered him to produce.
The judge, however, ordered March 2025 statements only – the month he filed his poverty affidavit.
WGA pays quarterly. If no payment came in March, the statement could show zero even if he received substantial payments that quarter.
His company, Eyes Above Productions, is registered in California. Its listed business type is beauty supply. A television writer registered his entertainment royalty company as a barber supply business. The WGA sends royalty checks to a barber supply company. His daughter points out in a statement that “It is an unusual arrangement for a man who has never cut hair.”
Ambrose claims Eyes Above Productions is a production company, but he’s registered it as a Beauty industry.
The Fidelity Accounts
On the affidavit, Ambrose checked No to owning any stocks, bonds, or securities and swore he had no financial instruments of value. He said nothing about the Fidelity Investment accounts.
In his written explanation, in his opposition to Dr. Lee’s motion to dismiss, Ambrose disclosed that he supports himself by “invading my modest 401K, already depleted by enormous divorce expenses.”
The IRS treats 401k withdrawals as taxable ordinary income. He checked No to income while describing income in the same paragraph.
Mia believes her father’s assets held in various Fidelity Investments accounts and elsewhere, including multiple Bank of America accounts under his and his “beauty slaons” exceed $1,000,000. The judge named Fidelity in her order because Mia named it in her declaration.
Fidelity is not merely a provider of retirement accounts. It is a full-service investment platform that allows a person to hold stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and cash alongside retirement accounts. If Ambrose has a taxable brokerage account at Fidelity — not a retirement account — his claim that he did not know financial instruments had to be disclosed may implicate further falsity.
If Ambrose produces only his retirement Fidelity Investment account when he has others, he may be in violation of the court’s order.
The judge ordered statements for “any financial accounts under his custody or control.”
Ambrose has until April 14 — nine days — to produce the documents. If they show his poverty claim was false, the Second Circuit is clear: the court is “required” to dismiss.
The judge has not yet ruled on Dr. Lee’s request for a criminal referral to the U.S. Attorney. That decision, along with dismissal, awaits what Ambrose produces on April 14.
Part Two covers the rent, the lease, and what Judge Nagala is signaling in her own words. Part Three covers the children and the SNAP fraud.
See also:
Ambrose Has Until April 14. His Options Are All Bad.
Federal Judge Orders Ambrose to Produce Bank Records, Criminal Referral Open
A $405 Filing May Finally Expose Christopher Ambrose — His Daughter Just Blew the Case Open
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Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.
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Hey Ambrose –
You look like a white dog turd from last year.
LUTHMANN NOTE: This is how the system catches you—not with a headline, but with your own paperwork. Christopher A. Ambrose didn’t get tripped up by an opponent. He got tripped up by math. Income, assets, lifestyle—they have a way of surfacing when you swear under penalty of perjury. Judge Sarala Nagala isn’t speculating. She’s demanding receipts. And the law is brutal here: if the poverty claim is false, dismissal is mandatory. No discretion. No sympathy. Just consequences. This isn’t just a civil case anymore. It’s a credibility test with federal stakes—and the clock is ticking.
Ambrose will file to have his financial response and lease sealed from public view to cover his lying pedo ask.
He’ll justify the request by claiming he’s a victim – all to evade criminal charges.
Sincere apologies from Ms. Katz, Ms. Grossman, Ms Stewart, Mr. Moukawsher, Mr Adelman, Mr Tong and the Connecticut Public Defenders’ office (if that’s where the guardians ad litem were trained and certified) should be on the front pages of every newspaper in Connecticut tomorrow morning.
Each and every one of them hiding horrible corruption and negligence know their case against Mr. Boyne is a distraction from where the state’s focus and tax dollars should be. They have no shame. Fire them all.
Gone through the joke of the CT judicial system, family, where normal people are treated like animals for $$$, and the real criminals are set free! Governor Lamont is a wet piece of paper. No backbone. How did he have success in real life? Listen young kids just take a work of advice put a “D” on your public record while you live in CT as it will be a door opener. CT is doomed. NYC is crumbling so SW CT will be sliding down the tubes soon! The once golden era of GE and Xerox all gone!
Lamont is collecting revenue for the mess. Don’t kid yourself. He’s perfectly aware of the situation . They all are. The judiciary committee. The Senitors. They know about the reports.
It’s remarkable how much damage people who are unwell, have nothing to lose, and disregard rules can cause to a considerate and decent society.
Sad reality. Despite the pattern of conduct Chris Ambrose has shown the court continues to believe the narrative. Most well educated individuals understand that child will reject an abusive parent. Linda Gotlibe, Madison and Taylor Rea will have you believe Ambrose is a victim. The Alienation industry would have you believe he is a victim. All based on attachment theories. Perhaps the band of parental alienation pushers forgot that the children were raised in an environment where Chris Ambrose was absent. Despite numerous patterns of behavior. Being let go from a job of dishonest practice. Minor attracted social media platforms. Alleged by multiple people. The use of the children for financial reasons even when the children are not present in the home. This is often the pattern and practices of parents claiming Alienation in the family court house. Yet, we are to believe that parents who are trying to protect their children are the problem. It would seem to me that the judges and court professionals are deaf, dumb, blind and just plain stupid. Or the other, willfully, intentionally ignoring the situation because it’s financially advantageous to do so. Parental alienation claims often are a continuation of the domestic abuse pattern.
The three people you mentioned build their identities around fighting imagined enemies, as if they’re in an opera where they cast themselves as heroes defending weak men against some looming mother figure. In reality, their mindset is harmful and acts as a poison in our society, one that is allowed to persist in an unregulated internet environment.
If they conduct research in their practices, where could one find their redacted data?
They all seem have significant issues . They are projecting exactly what they accuse others of. All of them hate women. Nothing good to say about them. Just like the woman from Connecticut who says she knows Richard Gardner. It’s all gender gender specific. If you look back Linda Gotlibe talks lot about her father. Madison and Taylor Rea appear to be getting attention they didn’t get as a child. Madison looks stoned in all her videos. Taylor Rea breads anger . The unhealthy leading the unhealthy.
Love the infographic and MK10ART
So Ambrose destroys his own career because of his own actions but blames Dr Lee for destroying his “stellar” reputation?
Bandi Lee is a menace to society. Who will her next victim be?
Who will be the next victim of Linda Gotlibe? She is a danger to society
These individuals all claim their “stellar” reputations were destroyed by the person they are blaming, even though no evidence suggests such reputations ever existed.
Double standard. While the state of Connecticut went after Paul Boyne for threatening. They have created a system to forgive people who actually engaged in criminal acts. While the state went after Cunha for suggestions of conspiracy based on a case where she was the only non Jewish person involved in the case. The state of Connecticut has a small amount of Jewish people who would be given protection if they made the same claim. Yet, they will not disbar attorneys when caught engaging in less than stellar legal practices. The judges will fight tooth and nail for them. They will allow members of the public reputation to be tarnished without evidence. They allow attorneys to go on and on. Yet, the minute you bring up uneithical behavior the judge goes bananas. You bring up uneithical or incompetence in the psychologist the judge gets angry. When the psychologist brands someone for normal reactions to all out attacks they are scolded by the judge. I think these judges are burnt out in some cases. Lacking concern for society and protection for themselves. The politicians on judiciary committee are ignoring it. Angry litigants. The AFCC on line crazies. We are not crazy to realize anything goes in the family court house. Judges make mistakes. Lawyers make mistakes. When a pattern emerges we are simply asking you to investigate and inflict consequences. This is not an over reach. That is equity and opportunity to clean up the family court. Chris Ambrose appears to have a pattern of conduct. Now he’s swindling from public funds.
Most female fathers rights advocates don’t navigate in an atmosphere of equality. It’s often women bashing women for attention and admiration. The dadvocate platform operates from the prospective of a father. Not neutrality. Giving the prospective of needing compliance not co-parenting. Like many stepmom they often feel some types of rights being the new partner. Going beyond the support of a spouses, but some how an equal in an situation. Triangulating the situation and not respecting boundaries. Yes, I was a step parent for 16 years and managed to keep myself out of the custody battles. Never called myself a bonus Mom. I understand my place as a step parent. Taylor Ray. Perceives herself as a savior for waward men victimized by the system. Yet appears to condone conversation of violence. As if any women stepping forward to request custody is to be engaged in war. She is some how superior. Beating the likes of Tina swivlin cause the Alienation industry hyper focused on men perceived her as a threat than an advocate for abused women and children predominantly . A warrior against prevention against child abuse. Especially sexual assault of children. The manicure mommy often paints a picture of women behaving in a bitter fashion when disagreeing with men. Under the protective mother umbrella. In case her son has a child with someone he later seperates from. Advocating for the American public to force DNA testing for having relations without protection. Later accusing the woman of being tramps. Perhaps , Tammy doesn’t realize mothers are trying to advocate for rights for their daughters not to be stereotyped. By women like her.Treated like trash because multiple women like herself have supported mysogonist ideology. The list go on. Disbelieve women because she gave birth to a son. Madison framing and projecting her own trauma now as an adult on other people’s children. Another grown adult Mia Ambrose. Perpetuating male victimhood females are preditors. For you ladies are in part responsible for the suppression of women in the United States. Misogyny under equality umbrella. Thousands of women have been separated from their children unjustly because of their choices to bash women. Countless children have been killed and abused. Not based on equality. Based on an image portraited of people you have never met. Children you have never met. For what amounts to be better liked and more popular amongst men. For shaping child custody cases for the male soley based on male prospective.
Pedigree with zero morals or ethics –
No coincidence he’s sabotaged his career – twice
He’s cooked! Look at Question #4 – Ambrose claims the total amount of money he has in cash, checking and savings at the time of signing the affidavit was $294.94
That alone will sink him.
If you think “that alone will sink him” consider researching who and what’s controlled Connecticut for a very long time.
Connecticut house of smoke and mirrors. He will go in smelling like shit, they will give him a court system bath and come out smelling like a rose.
Sad but true
Connecticut’s asleep … walking off the cliff. Soon, AG Tong will praise Canada’s gun grab with a congratulatory letter from twenty governors in twenty captured states, this side of the soon-to-be open border. Ho hum 🥱
His affidavit claims he’s had no income for 12 months Why is the judge only asking for March?
It’s corruption
I think she only needs March Is his account going to show he only had $294 dollars?
He claimed all the money he had combining cash and bank accounts was under $300 I find that hard to believe
What did he get in the prior months and spend! The fix is in to cover up the black robes past!
If Eyes Above Productions isn’t a beauty shop/business, then he’s guilty of tax fraud for two decades!
Not necessarily. There’s a possibility that he didn’t specify an SIC or NAiCS code at the time of initial business registration, so some clerk might’ve assigned a code based solely on the entity’s name. The fact that the code might’ve stood uncorrected for years by the registrant doesn’t automatically implicate fraud. Carelessness, yes.
(Disclaimer: I’m neither an attorney nor an accountant.)
A dumb clerk Eyes above productions doesn’t strike me as a beauty industry.
Ambrose is providing all the evidence to support Dr Lees assessment
He’s a psycho He gets off on the manipulation and the lies – He destroyed his career by plagiarizing and now lies to avoid paying a filing fee? Or does he just want to be the victim, claim poverty so people will feel sorry for him?
Why won’t Albino Ambrose give Mia her documents?
Could it be indenity theift?
He refused to provide Mia with her social security card and government ID based on her affidavit It seems he intentionally withheld them to claim her benefits and his false narrative on his affidavit claims that she was still living with him And attending school in March 2025 when she left in August 2024