The woman and her husband have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft.
At a hearing Wednesday asking a judge to release the wife, she identified herself as “Lyn Montague.”
“I understand the court’s concern — the allegation is my client has used a false and fraudulent name for almost her entire life and we cannot verify who she is,” her attorney Megan Kau said.As Kau’s client was led out of the courtroom after U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield’s ruling, she said, “As expected.” She referred to the situation as, “this whole idiotic thing.”
A hearing for a similar request by her husband hasn’t been scheduled. He has a new attorney who said Tuesday that he won’t be ready in time for the couple’s May 22 trial date. The newly appointed lawyer, Marc Victor, said he doesn’t think he will be ready anytime this year.
But prosecutors last month asked that jurors not hear about the uniforms, and a judge last week agreed. The couple have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft.
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