A Texas appellate court upheld a gag order Tuesday that has kept lawyers from speaking publicly about the ongoing civil proceedings connected to the Astroworld Festival crowd crush for over a year.
Judge Kirsten Hawkins, overseeing the Astroworld case, first signed the publicity order in February 2022 citing the high-profile nature of the case and arguing that it would assure an impartial judicial process. The order prohibits lawyers from speaking out on a wide range of topics pertaining to the case such as witnesses and their testimonies, physical evidence, or as...
Judge Kirsten Hawkins, overseeing the Astroworld case, first signed the publicity order in February 2022 citing the high-profile nature of the case and arguing that it would assure an impartial judicial process. The order prohibits lawyers from speaking out on a wide range of topics pertaining to the case such as witnesses and their testimonies, physical evidence, or as...
- 6/7/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
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