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A woman slated to serve on the jury in the high-profile YSL case has been sentenced to 3 days in jail for filming a portion of the selection process.
The decision came on Monday, and a recording of the matter was uploaded to social media by Cathy Russon, an executive producer for Law&Crime Network.
The clip opens with Judge Ural Glanville instructing the woman that her courtroom violation is punishable with up to “a fine of $1,000 and/or 20 days in jail.”
Glanville then begins lecturing the woman, noting that the court made the rules and expectations crystal clear.
“Madam, I think that given the amount of time and energy and effort and care we spent in making that particular pronouncement—I tell it multiple times for multiple reasons, and you decide that you’re just gonna do what you wanted to do.”
The would-be juror then starts to try and explain the situation, though Glanville promptly shuts her down before sentencing her.
“You pulled out your phone and videotaped our proceedings, and that was in direct violation of the court’s orders. So, I’m going to sentence you to three days in jail.”
After the woman expresses surprise over being sentenced rather than receiving a fine, the judge breaks down his decision.
“In this particular situation, I have told several people and made several iterations of this particular notice, and you videotaping our proceedings was just a brazen violation of these particulars proceedings.”
In a final plea, the potential juror explains, “There was so much going on…I didn’t hear everything.”
However, Glanville swiftly responds, “That does not excuse your behavior…It is an excuse for behavior.”
Check out video of the interaction down below.
We should add that while this particular situation was indeed a “brazen violation,” it’s not the first instance of a potential juror-related issue coming up in the case.
This was brought up while Russon was discussing the decision further down in the thread, and she suggested that the judge essentially wanted to show that he means business!
After all, he had “already held two other potential jurors in contempt for various things.” For these violations, one was ordered to write a 10-page essay while the other had to complete community service and “attend first 5 days of trial.”
What do you think about a potential juror in the YSL case getting sentenced to 3 days in jail for contempt?
