Killer mom Gigi Jordan arrives at court for electronic ankle monitor
Millionaire pharmaceutical executive Gigi Jordan arrived in Manhattan federal court Thursday to be fitted with an electronic ankle monitor after a judge overturned her conviction for force-feeding a lethal dose of pills to her 8-year-old autistic son.
Jordan, 60, was sprung from prison Wednesday night after serving more than 10 years of her sentence after US Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave ordered her released to home confinement on a $250,000 bond. The judge told her to report to pretrial services by 10 a.m. for the attachment of the GPS tracking device.
She strolled into court wearing a Burberry coat, gray scarf and blue surgical mask, accompanied by another woman. About 90 minutes later she emerged from the courthouse and didn’t answer a reporter’s questions.
A Manhattan jury in state court found Jordan guilty of manslaughter in 2014 for killing her son, Jude Mirra, with a fatal cocktail of prescription drugs inside a luxury suite at the Peninsula Hotel.
During the bizarre six-week trial, Jordan’s defense lawyers argued that she killed her son on Feb. 5, 2010, in a state of extreme emotional disturbance, fearing she was about to be murdered by her ex-husband. The jury acquitted her of the top murder count.
She was sentenced to 18 years in prison, but Cave tossed the conviction in September because the trial judge had briefly sealed the courtroom over the objection of Jordan’s lawyers.
Cave ruled that while the error hadn’t harmed Jordan’s case, her Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial had been violated.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is appealing the decision and said if necessary, it would retry the case.
Meanwhile, Jordan must remain home unless given permission to visit her lawyers, doctors or grocery store.