NYC psychiatrist Buchbinder, was sentenced to 11 years in prison following her conviction in a plot to kill her child’s father

Pamela Buchbinder, 52, was previously convicted in the 2012 scheme to kill Dr. Michael Weiss

The plot followed a custody battle over their then- 5-year-old child

Buchbinder has already served 5 years in prison

The defendant admitted to burglary and attempted assault charges for manipulating her 19 year old cousin, Jacob Nolan, to kill Michael Weiss at Weiss’s home office in November of 2012

The plot followed a custody battle over their then-5 year old

Nolan was convicted for attempted murder in 2016 and sentenced to 9 ½ years in state prison

NYC psychiatrist Pamela Buchbinder has been sentenced 11 years in prison after plotting to kill her child’s father.
Buchbinder, 52, was previously pled guilty and was convicted in the 2012 scheme to kill Dr. Michael Weiss, but at her sentencing hearing she attempted to recant her prior admission.
The plot followed a custody battle over their then- 5-year-old son.
The New York City shrink had admitted to plotting the murder-by-sledgehammer of her child’s father was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in state prison, but not before a dramatic moment in court in which Pamela Buchbinder tried to take back her plea, claiming she was maced by guards and got a contact high on the bus from prison from people smoking K2.
Before her attempt to recant Buchbinder admitted to burglary and attempted assault charges for manipulating her 19-year-old cousin, Jacob Nolan, to kill Michael Weiss at the target’s home office in November of 2012.
The judge proceeded with sentencing and imposed the prearranged prison term of 11 years followed by five years of supervised release. Buchbinder has already served 5 years in prison.

The judge pressed ahead with sentencing and imposed the prearranged prison term of 11 years followed by five years of supervised release. Buchbinder has already served 5 years in prison.
Buchbinder, 52, admitted to burglary and attempted assault charges for manipulating her 19 year old cousin, Jacob Nolan, to kill Michael Weiss at Weiss’s home office in November of 2012. The plot followed a custody battle over their then-5 year old son.
Weiss spoke in court before the sentence was handed down about his ongoing struggles.
“While I am grateful that this day has arrived, it has not brought me the sense of relief, or the feeling of closure that I had hoped it would. Although it has been almost 10 years since I was attacked, I still struggle with the emotional and physical scars of what happened to me on November 12, 2012,” Weiss said.

Weiss asked the court to ensure Buchbinder would never see him or their young son again.
Weiss in his impact statement told the court: “Although I have not spoken to Pamela in years, I continue to believe that she would do anything in her power to harm me, regardless of the consequences, and regardless of the collateral damage she inflicts,” he said.
“I believe that her hatred for me is now, as her hatred was for me then, relentless, without remorse, and violent.”

Buchbinder, who was a practicing psychiatrist, was called an evil genius in court, a label her attorney rejected.
“I don’t know her to be evil or a genius – just statements that were opportunistic,” defense attorney Eric Franz said.
Buchbinder accompanied Nolan to Home Depot on West 23rd Street the night before the November 12, 2012, attack and paid cash for a 10-pound sledgehammer. Buchbinder also gave her cousin a kitchen knife.

Buchbinder drew a map for Nolan and instructed him how to enter Weiss’s building. Nolan walked into Weiss’ building the next day armed with a 10-pound hammer and a knife.
Once inside, Nolan swung a sledgehammer repeatedly at Weiss and stabbed him all over his body.
Weiss escaped the grisly attack with his life when he wrestled the knife away from Nolan.
“I still find it difficult to understand how any of this could have happened, and I struggle to comprehend the type of hatred that would lead someone to plan such a deliberate, personal and brutal attack,” Weiss said.
In 2016, Nolan was convicted at trial of attempted murder and sentenced to 9 ½ years in state prison.