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A2Politico: Greenhills Principal Demands Public Acknowledgement Circuit Court Judge Van den Bergh May Have Been Biased While Hearing His 2024 Custody Dispute

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 29, 2026

by P.D. Lesko In 1961, Patsy Cline sang her classic "Crazy." In October 2024, Greenhills School Principal Peter Fayroian sued the A2Indy and me for defamation 19 hours after I published "Greenhills Head of School Accused of Sexual…

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Greenhills Principal Wants Name of Alleged Sex Abuse Tipster; Tipster Files Motion to Protect His Identity

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 10, 2026

Updated 9/10/2026 to reflect that Scio News retracted "A Private School Headmaster Is Suing the Reporter Who Covered His Case." by P.D. Lesko Greenhills Principal Peter Fayroian is demanding to know the identity of a tipster who…

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Asst. County Prosecutor Accused of Perjury and Submitting False Disclosures to Court, Subject of Attorney Grievance Commission Complaint

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 17, 2025

by P.D. Lesko Prosecutor Eli Savit is a Democratic candidate for Michigan Attorney General. The year 2025 is turning into Savit's own personal annus horribilis. Long-time Asst. Prosecutor Nimesh Ganatra has sued Savit and the…

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Asst. County Prosecutor Accused of Submitting False Financial Disclosures to Circuit Court, and Perjury

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 10, 2025

9/15/25: This article was updated with video evidence that Judge Van den Bergh read a June 2022 Sands Motion which contained evidence that Asst. County Prosecutor Marieh Tanha had allegedly lied under oath in order to hide marital assets. …

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Judge Voluntarily Disqualifies Herself in Response to Newspaper’s Motion to Disqualify

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 18, 2025

Motion to Disqualify JudgeDownload by P.D. Lesko On Feb. 18, 2024, the newspaper received an email from Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Tracy E. Van den Bergh's clerk stating that, in response to a Motion to Disqualify…

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Former County Sheriff Conducted Secret Investigation of Free Speech and Free Press at the Request of Local Trial Court Judge

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 27, 2025

Download and read the Sheriff's Dec. 2023 secret investigation Case Report prepared for Judge Tracy Van den Bergh. Washtenaw Co. Sheriff Report - Judge Van Den Bergh Report 12.18.2023Download by P.D. Lesko 1/28/25 Correction:…

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Judge Refuses to Seal Greenhills Principal’s Case File: “Plaintiff Himself Widely Disseminated Information”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 14, 2024

by P.D. Lesko Read and download Judge Van den Bergh's three-page opinion below: Vandenbergh_OpinionDownload Peter B. Fayroian's word may be law of the land at the local private school (Greenhills) where he is the principal, but…

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Greenhills Head of School Accused of Sexual Abuse

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 28, 2024

by P.D. Lesko 11/4/24 Note: This article has been updated with information from Ann Arbor Police records and an email from Neda Ryan, Chair of the Greenhills Board of Directors. The August 20, 2024 Ex Parte Order signed by Judge…

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Alleged Rapist Hired as Deputy; Sheriff Denies Release of Background Check as “Not in the Public’s Interest”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 11, 2024

by P.D. Lesko On March 25, 2024, The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the County Sheriff's Dept. to obtain a copy of the background check done on Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Ladonn McWilliams prior…