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 Justice in the controversy surrounding the upside-down US flag, according to Alito's old neighbor, is "at best mistaken."

Justice Samuel Alito's former neighbor refuted his story on Wednesday, claiming that his sequencing of events is incorrect regarding a neighborhood altercation that resulted in the raising of an upside-down US flag on his Virginia property.

Emily Baden said in her first TV appearance since the flag incident made national headlines, "At best, he's mistaken, but at worst, he's just outright lying" to CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront." That timeframe simply refutes the plausible explanation that they were having a disagreement with a neighbor when they raised the flag, even if it were a legitimate justification. Simply said, it is illogical.

Baden has materialized as a key player in the developing tale of the two controversial flags that have been observed at Alito's properties: a "Appeal to Heaven" flag that was flown at his New Jersey home last summer, and an upside-down US flag that was flown at his Virginia property in early 2021. According to Alito, Baden was allegedly involved in a "very nasty neighborhood dispute" that prompted the flag in Virginia.

According to Alito, his wife Martha-Ann Alito raised the flag in retaliation for a conversation in which Baden once called her a "c*nt." That exchange, according to Baden, didn't occur until the middle of February. The story began when a photo of the American flag flying weeks earlier, on January 17,2021 inverted was published by the New York Times in May.

According to documents that CNN was able to get, on February 15, 2021, Baden's ex-boyfriend reported Martha-Ann Alito to the police, alleging that she was harassing her "unprompted."

The caller claimed that they thought the altercations stemmed from anti-former President Donald Trump yard posters they had posted.

Baden, who is no longer a resident of the area, gave a detailed account of the conversation with the Alitos on Wednesday. She spoke with Justice Alito's wife and claimed that he "didn't do anything."

Baden remarked, "He just kept walking." "And pretty much vanished."

If using the language "disttracts from that real message," Baden said she regrets it.

"You are complicit," stated one of the placards that Baden placed on the grass.

According to Alito, a few of the There were signs throughout the area aimed at his wife. On Wednesday, Baden stated to CNN that neither of the Alitos was the target of the placard.

After that, a picture of the "Appeal to Heaven" flag at the couple's New Jersey home was published by The New York Times. With a history extending back to the Revolutionary War, the flag has also come to represent Trump supporters. During the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, both the US flags and the "Appeal to Heaven" banner were displayed upside down.

A growing number of Democratic and some Republican politicians have criticized the occurrences. Alito has been urged by a number of Democrats to step away from matters pertaining to the Capitol attack.

Late last month, Alito responded unusually by telling lawmakers he had nothing to do with the flags and that their purpose was not to show support for the attack on the Capitol or for Trump. Alito stated categorically that his wife made the choice to raise the flags and explicitly declined to recuse herself.

Alito wrote, "My wife loves flying flags." "I'm not,"

Major matters related to the 2020 election and the attack on the US Capitol are being considered by the Supreme Court. In the first, the justices are considering Trump's assertion that he is immune from any charges of election subversion brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Another rioter from January 6 is contesting an obstruction allegation brought against him by the prosecution, claiming that Congress meant for the provision to apply to individuals who destroyed evidence rather than attacking a government building.