B.K. v. Kelley

A Superior Court judge concluded that the defendant, William R. Kelley, Jr., testified untruthfully at his deposition, and the judge therefore allowed the plaintiffs' motion for contempt. Concluding that the defendant's statements made under oath during a postjudgment deposition supported the finding of contempt, we affirm.

Background. The plaintiffs, the two daughters of the defendant, filed an action against him in 2010 alleging that he sexually abused them over the course of many years. Prior to disposition on that action, the parties entered into a stipulation, and the court entered an…