- Former Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel, a Republican who has run for U.S. Senate thrice, has been threatened with jail time for noncompliance with a 2020 divorce settlement.
- Each Mandel and his ex-wife, Ilana, have been present in contempt of court docket and sentenced to seven days in jail.
- The sentences are nonetheless avoidable if circumstances laid out by the court docket are met over the subsequent 4 months.
A Republican who spent years as one in all Ohio’s highest profile politicians has been threatened with jail time for violating the phrases of his 2020 divorce settlement.
Josh Mandel, a former two-term state treasurer who ran thrice for U.S. Senate, was sentenced to seven days behind bars, as was his ex-wife, Ilana Mandel, after an Ashland County court docket Justice of the Peace discovered them in contempt of court docket for violating components of the deal.
The 2 have a chance to keep away from the sentence, issued April 25 and first reported by The PlainDealer/cleveland.com, by complying with sure circumstances over the subsequent 4 months.
Frequent Pleas Magisrate Paul Lange discovered the Mandels every entered the opposite’s house with out permission and refused to pay payments associated to their three youngsters, in addition to that Ilana Mandel as soon as did not take a toddler to soccer apply. He determined towards contempt on a number of different disputed gadgets, together with phone time with the youngsters and the dealing with of their 529 school financial savings account.
To keep away from jail, Josh Mandel should present his former partner with common updates on the 529 account and Ilana Mandel should pay for a sports activities program for one in all their youngsters, minus an quantity her ex-husband should pay her for one kid’s medical bills.
Messages searching for remark have been left with Josh Mandel and with attorneys for each events.
FILE – On this Nov. 4, 2014, file photograph, Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks on the Ohio Republican Get together election evening celebration in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Picture/Tony Dejak, File)
It is the newest twist in a divorce case that is drawn constant consideration over time — as a consequence of Mandel’s notability and his ex-wife’s place in one in all Cleveland’s wealthiest and most outstanding households, in addition to the best way the case was dealt with.
The pair filed for divorce in a county removed from populous Cuyahoga, the place they lived, and below seal. When Mandel final ran for Senate, he supplied information organizations, together with The Related Press, an opportunity to assessment redacted copies of the recordsdata — however full public entry was denied. The explanation he gave for the secrecy on the time was that he was defending his youngsters’s privateness and security.
The Cincinnati Enquirer disagreed that the file deserved to be shielded from public view and sued. The Ohio Supreme Courtroom dominated within the newpaper’s favor in October 2022, discovering the Ashland County decide had shielded the Mandels’ case improperly and ordering him to elevate the seal.
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Mandel beforehand ran for Senate towards Democrat Sherrod Brown in 2012 and sought to face him once more in 2018 earlier than dropping out. He got here in second in a crowded GOP main in 2022.
