Stephanie Redlick was scheduled to appear in criminal court today.

She didn’t. [More about what being a no show means for her in just a bit.]

Instead, a student lawyer appeared on her behalf, so it does appear that the legal aid certificate approved the day before her last court appearance on this matter was put to use.

The first order of business was delay.

Defence asked for a 12-week adjournment, citing the need to obtain disclosure and prepare the file.

The judge declined. This case is already 8 months old, and the court made it clear it had no appetite for further slow-walking.

Instead, the matter was pushed only one month forward, to February 26.

Then came the consequence of Redlick’s absence.

Because she failed to appear, the judge issued a bench warrant with discretion — a formal legal warning that authorizes police to arrest her if she’s a no show again.

Court patience is clearly wearing thin.

In a recent interview Redlick claimed a publication ban – or as she called it a publication ‘band’ – was in place.

There wasn’t.

The same interview in which she denied presenting herself as a charity.

The record says otherwise.

The same interview in which she deflected responsibility for severely neglected horses.

Authorities seized 16 horses  and laid charges.

And of course she insisted she didn’t apply for legal aid – athough court transcripts from December 18, 2025 show she said in court that she did.

To be fair, she does appear to be extremely busy…

Over the next few weeks alone, Redlick is scheduled to appear in multiple courts across different regions of Ontario, facing two separate sets of criminal charges and two separate sets of animal welfare charges.

FOUR different courts.

She is due back in court as early as February 12, where she is expected to answer to multiple criminal charges in one jurisdiction and multiple AWS charges in another jurisdiction.

It’s going to be interesting to see how she handles being in 2 court rooms on the same day –  in 2 jurisdictions.

She is to return once again on February 26 for the multiple criminal charges she was supposed to appear for today.

Then she is back in court on March 26, to face multiple AWS charges.

4 x multiple sets of charges x 4 different courts!  Calling her prolific is a definite understatement.

Today’s no-show wasn’t just procedural. It was another chapter in an increasingly familiar pattern: confident public claims, quietly contradicted by official records.

We’ll see whether she attends next time — or whether the bench warrant becomes something far less discretionary.

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