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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 28

Judge Orders Victor Zaborsky to Pay Wone Estate $22,245 in 2006 Killing Settlement Dispute

Updated

Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 28

Judge Orders Victor Zaborsky to Pay Wone Estate $22,245 in 2006 Killing Settlement Dispute

Q: Why did the defendants suddenly halt their 20-year settlement payments in 2025, and does it connect to a mysterious 2026 property sale?

There is no verified public explanation for why Victor Zaborsky and Joseph Price stopped making the 20-year settlement payments in 2025. The available court filings and news reports show only that the payments had been irregular for years — late, missed, and sometimes bounced — before stopping altogether. A source quoted in related reporting suggested the monthly payments were emotionally fraught because they served as a continuing reminder of Robert Wone’s death, but that is not evidence from the defendants themselves. The documented facts are narrower. Under side agreements tied to the 2011 wrongful-death settlement, Zaborsky allegedly owed $66,000 in 240 monthly installments and Price $85,500 over the same period. The Wone estate says both defaulted, then sued in 2026 to recover the overdue and remaining amounts. Judge Sherry Trafford has already ordered Zaborsky to pay $22,245, including fees, while Price’s matter was delayed over notice issues. As for the June 2026 property sale, reporting says Price and Zaborsky jointly sold a Washington condo at 1727 R Street NW #401 for about $274,000. That sale may indicate access to cash and could become relevant to collection efforts or their ability to satisfy the debt. But no court ruling or public filing cited here says the sale explains why payments stopped in 2025, or that the proceeds were used to avoid, delay, or satisfy the settlement. At this point, any direct connection remains speculative.

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$22,245 is what D.C. Superior Court Judge Sherry Trafford ordered Victor Zaborsky to pay the Robert Wone estate, covering missed settlement payments plus late and attorney fees.
The ruling stems from a May complaint alleging Zaborsky and Joseph Price failed to make required payments under a wrongful-death settlement tied to Robert Wone’s 2006 killing in Dupont Circle.
Price’s hearing was pushed to Nov. 30 so the estate can give additional notice; the complaint says he owes $56,893.75, and he previously said he was unaware of it.
Wone, a 32-year-old attorney, was killed in 2006, but no one has been charged with homicide and the three men in the house were acquitted of obstruction-of-justice charges.