this unbelievable case continues

but at least the ruling is in HER favor this time. why the courts allow (allowed) this to happen is beyond me. as if getting raped and hit in the head with a hammer didn't cause isabelle enough pain.

By MATT BURGARD
Courant Staff Writer
October 19, 2005
A convicted rapist who has angered prosecutors and victim advocates by repeatedly harassing his victim through lawsuits and other legal channels was hit with a restraining order Tuesday designed to keep him from learning his victim's whereabouts.Allen Adgers, 41, smiled and waved Tuesday at people in the courtroom at Superior Court in Hartford, even as Judge Thomas P. Miano was granting a request to issue an order that will prevent Adgers from learning his victim's whereabouts by filing subpoenas and other legal actions against her.The request was made by Barbara Ruhe, an attorney representing the victim in the case, and by Hartford State's Attorney James Thomas, who both told the judge they were trying to limit Adgers' ability to continue a campaign of legal intimidation and harassment.Adgers was convicted in 2001 of kidnapping and raping his former wife at knifepoint, and sentenced to serve 13 years in prison. Since then, Ruhe told the judge Tuesday, Adgers has abused the legal system by filing at least 25 lawsuits claiming he was wrongfully convicted while naming more than 50 defendants, including Gov. M. Jodi Rell, former Gov. John G. Rowland and other top state officials.Adgers' ex-wife, identified in court papers as "Isabelle," has been named in at least 15 of those lawsuits, which Adgers has filed on his own behalf claiming that she betrayed their marriage vows. The lawsuits have allowed Adgers to issue legal documents forcing Isabelle to appear in court, where Adgers has confronted her directly.Earlier this year, Adgers was able to question Isabelle about the rape while acting as his own attorney in a hearing in New London. When she objected and told the court she didn't want to answer any more questions, Adgers barked at her that she had to remain sitting until he was finished with his inquiry, then proceeded to insult her appearance.The restraining order is designed to keep Adgers from learning Isabelle's whereabouts, which, in the past, would be included in mailings returned to him.Since Adgers' conviction, Isabelle said, she has been forced to move six times. Adgers has had four years tacked onto his original sentence for repeatedly harassing her.Reached at home Tuesday, Isabelle said she was grateful to Ruhe, Thomas and James F. Papillo, the chief state's victims advocate. "That's the good news of the day," she said. "This has been such a nightmare, you can't imagine. But it looks like it might be coming to an end."..


and from wfsb, channel 3 news Convicted rapist continues to harass his victim

HARTFORD-- A restraining order has been issued against a convicted rapist, accused of repeatedly harassing his victim.
The woman's husband was sentenced at Hartford Superior Court for rape, assault, and kidnapping. But that was only the beginning. Since he has been in prison, he has filed nearly two dozen lawsuits, making his wife a victim over and over.
She has had to change her name and move five times because she is afraid. "Isabelle" says it started when she tried to leave her husband after he had beaten her several times.
"He had a hammer to my head, he hit my head and I blacked out and when I woke up I saw there was blood", says Isabelle.
She was scared. Then her husband, Allan Adgers, took her to a Hartford park and raped her with a knife pointed at her head. Adgers was arrested, tried, and convicted, and is now serving an eighteen year sentence. But the harassment continues.
He filed twenty-three lawsuits against his ex-wife, forcing her to re-live that brutal night.
The victims advocate is trying to stop any lawsuits from being filed against Isabelle. The attorney general wants him to have to get permission for any types of lawsuits filed.