Joe Robidou Archives

Sitka’s 2014: Buckets o’ fun!

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 31, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

2014 in Sitka will be remembered for water: Water piling up behind a brand new dam, and water falling from the sky that brought down a mountain and made a major highway construction project nearly impassable. And if that wasn’t enough, there was something about ice buckets. Read More

Robidou: Not guilty on all counts

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 19, 2014 | Local News

Joe Robidou has been found not guilty on all counts. A Sitka jury of seven women and five men delivered its verdict in favor of the former school administrator at about 6 PM Monday evening (5-19-14). Read More

School sexual assault case in hands of jury

by Emily Forman and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 17, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

The defense rested its case Friday afternoon (5-17-14) in the sexual assault trial of former Blatchley Middle School principal Joe Robidou. The case is now with the jury. KCAW’s Robert Woolsey attended all the proceedings over the week. He discussed the major issues of the case with Emily Forman during Raven Radio's live newscast that evening. Read More

Jury learns of prior consent in sexual assault trial

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 15, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

A former Blatchley Middle School teacher spent the morning (5-15-14) under intense cross examination from the defense attorney for Joe Robidou, the woman’s one-time boss accused of sexually assaulting her and two colleagues. Another teacher testified later in the afternoon to having a previous sexual encounter with Robidou some years earlier, but said she regretted it, and had been trying to move on. Read More

Robidou Trial: Defense tests the credibility of lead witness

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 15, 2014 | News extras

A former Blatchley Middle School teacher spent the morning under intense cross examination from the defense attorney for Joe Robidou, the woman’s one-time boss accused of sexually assaulting her and two colleagues. Attorney Julie Willoughby asked the witness to review the alleged assaults in intimate detail, testing her credibility, particularly around an evening in January 2013 when Robidou visited her at home. Read More