Barbara
McQuade, the U.S. District Attorney for Eastern Michigan, filed a complaint in
the U.S. District Court in Detroit on Monday seeking the forfeiture of a home
owned by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway and her husband. United
States of America v. Certain Real Property Located At 2709 Butler Bay Drive N,
Windermere, Florida.
The complaint
alleges that Justice Hathaway and her husband submitted a hardship claim to
their bank seeking forgiveness of $600,000 on a St. Clair Shores home on a
short sale of the property. The problem is, according to the complaint, Ms.
Hathaway and her husband transferred assets and hid others in an attempt to
make the hardship case.
Justice Hathaway
or her attorney had no immediate reaction or statement related to the allegations.
Both have been busy in recent days denying rumors of her resignation as reports
of personal items being removed from her Lansing chambers and staff
resignations made rounds in media circles.