Back in July, John Michael Farren was found guilty of attempted murder for beating his wife, Mary Margaret Farren, nearly to death at their Connecticut mansion in 2010. Farren was a former deputy White House counsel for the George W. Bush administration who, at the time of the assault, was general counsel for Xerox.
But it wasn’t over yet. In December, we blogged about the outcome of Farren’s civil suit. He was found liable for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress to the tune of $28.6 million.
Time to Pay the Piper
On Thursday, Judge Richard Comerford sentenced Farren to 15 years in prison for his ex-wife’s beating, which was actually far less than the 50 years he could have faced.
Comerford was less than impressed that Farren used his time to talk about his appeal rather than express contrition for what he had done.
Friends told The Washington Post that he was brilliant, but he “[h]ad a temper. He could get extremely angry, in a way that would stand out from other people.”
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