Ohio Attorney Accused Of Filing False Report

Ohio Disciplinary Counsel has filed a complaint alleging that the attorney, after declining to represent a prospective client in a divorce action, filed a police report with the Mount Orab Police Department (“MOPD”)  that

falsely informed them that [the prospective client] threatened to kill her and two MOPD officers.

The report read:

I was hired to represent Kathryn Caudill. When I spoke to her via phone on 6/13/24 she threatened to kill two Mt. Orab Police Officers and myself. Specifically, that the officers and myself would be dead by the end of the day. I understood this to be a serious threat that she would act on if not reported. This phone conversation took place at 9:00 a.m. today. 

The complaint alleges that Caudill was “rude and overbearing” in the conversation but made no such threats.

Caudill was taken into custody and held by involuntary admission in a hospital for three days. 

She was then arrested for aggravated menacing and incarcerated for ten days. 

Caudill had  video-recorded the conversation; the charges against her were dismissed after prosecutors reviewed the video.

The arrest and criminal records were sealed at Caudill’s request. (Mike Frisch)