by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 14 – Amid the news of the arrest of the Alexander brothers in Miami on SDNY sex trafficking charges, in the SDNY Magistrate Court on the morning of December 11 the superseding indictment was "wheeled out" to District Judge Valerie E. Caproni. Inner City Press was there, and tweeted / X-ed it out. On December 24 Tal Alexander filed opposing transfer to SDNY - Notice of motion on Patreon here. On December 31 Tal Alexander's lawyer wrote to Judge Caproni asking for bail, offering $115 million in security, citing US v. Ng Lap Seng that "conditions were adhered to by the security service provider." Really? Massages behind closed doors? 12 page filing on Patreon here On June 13 Judge Caproni to her credit docketed that a "Rule, in turn, requires any party wishing to file a submission in redacted form or under seal to explain why redactions or sealing are appropriate in light of the presumption of public access to the federal courts. See United States v. Akhavan, 532 F. Supp. 3d 181, 184 (S.D.N.Y. 2021) -- a case Inner City Press sought and won unsealing in - citing Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 11920 (2d Cir. 2006))." On August 21 Oren Alexander retained two of the defense lawyers in Sean Combs' recent trial, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, amid pre-trial skirmishes. On November 7 Inner City Press filed opposition to the Alexander brothers' extensive redactions. Judge Caproni cited and docketed the motion on November 10, denying the Alexanders' request and ordering less redactions by November 14, order and Inner City Press letter on PACER here On November 14 the defense submitted a less redacted letter - but none of the exhibits, even though they too are mentioned in Judge Caproni's order. Watch this site. More / extra on X for Subscribers here and on Substack here This case is USA v. Alexander, et al., 1:24-cr-676 (Caproni) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron.  Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com |
