by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 12 – Venezuelan government owned oil company sued insurers to be paid for a million barrels of crude they say were taken off the M/T Gerd Knutsen on February 9, 2020 by Guaido forces.
But in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the name of a witness - one of four captains - is being kept under seal, and the courtroom will apparently be sealed when his videotaped deposition is shown to the jurors.
Inner City Press was in the courtroom on December 12 when Judge Gregory H. Woods said that if the sealed witness was further identified in opening arguments, he would revisit his sealing order.
This takes place as elsewhere in SDNY, the criminal trial of Carlos Orense, which included testimony alleging the defendant used CITGO to launder money from the US back to Venezuela, is coming to a close.
This civil case is Citgo Petroleum Corporation v. Ascot Underwriting Limited, for and on behalf of Lloyd's Syndicate 1414 et al, 21-cv-389, (Woods)
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