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Ashli Ford loses: Supreme Court rejects latest attempt to remove judge

No new arguments, Pattakos complaint dismissed as improper

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Matt Westerhold
Sep 29, 2026
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SANDUSKY — The Ohio Supreme Court has once again shot down defense efforts to disqualify Erie County Common Pleas Court Judge Beverly K. McGookey from presiding over the criminal fraud case against Ashli Ford.

In a decision authored by Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy, the high court dismissed a successive affidavit of disqualification filed by Ford’s att…

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