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Aug 13, 2019 • 8 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
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In #SDNY Magistrates Court it's child porn day Ken Garcia of Kick Axe Throwing getting bailed. Sprecher up next. Thread
Child porn defendant Kenneth Garcia is bailed out wearing Stand With Your Library t-shirt. Not the publicity NYPL looks for
Ben Sprecher is in Mag Court. He has a free Federal Defenders lawyer, apparently only for this proceeding before MJ Pitman
Ben Sprecher's Federal Defender says he only representing him for this Rule 5 proceeding, has spoken to po$$ible lawyer
US Attorney not seeking detention for child porn defendant Sprecher. Sometimes does. Adam Walsh Act called unconstitutional
Judge Pitman asks, How would electronic monitoring stop him from online child porn. AUSA refers to danger to live children
Sprecher's lawyer says needs Internet as Broadway producer. Judge Pitman says Sprecher's business not doing much these days
Now a sealed sidebar about releasing child porn defendant Sprecher. Medical? No reason was given. Now bailed

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Mar 6
OK - US v. Live Nation now 3d day of witnesses, Jack Groetzinger of SeatGeek- Inner City Press covers matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ticketmonste… gets unsealing courtlistener.com/docket/6855772… Docs on Patreon here patreon.com/MatthewRussell…) book soon & will live tweet, thread below Image
[Note - Inner City Press went to the courtroom at 8:30 am to speak on unsealing - it didn't happen until 9:10 am, but the unsealing order has been expanded (to demonstrative exhibits as well) and sped up to 24 hours) - now the first witness
All rise!
Groetzinger
AUSA: Where do you work?
Groetzinger: SeatGeek. Founded it in 2010, we saw a broken market. Going to a game is great, but buying the ticket, terrible. So we undertook to improve it.
AUSA: How do you get clients?
Groetzinger: We - and I - speak a year or more
Read 70 tweets
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Mar 5
OK - US v. Live Nation now 2d day of witnesses, Geiger of Gate 52, CA Chi, Seth Hurwitz of IMP - Inner City Press covers matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ticketmonste… asks to unseal s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2775… Docs on Patreon here patreon.com/MatthewRussell…) & will live tweet, thread below Image
Before the jury is brought in
Courtroom deputy: On sealing, you now longer have to say out loud when we are not showing exhibits [! we'll see what this means, how request to unseal is ruled on]
All rise!
Judge Subramanian: Tell me about PX 198
AUSA Seana Buzbee: The text involves our 2d witness today, Oliver Chi of the City of Irvine
Judge: Is that a new witness?
AUSA Dalhquist: We have travel issues. Mr. Chi will go between Mr. Geiger and Mr. Hurwitz [so no SeatGeek today?]
Read 44 tweets
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Mar 4
OK - US v. Live Nation now first witnesses, Barclay's and Xcel Center. Inner City Press closely covered openings (courtroom details on Substack here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ticketmonste… Document on Patreon here patreon.com/MatthewRussell…) and will now live tweet, thread below Image
All rise!
Judge Subramanian: Call your first witness.
AUSA Arianna Markel: We call John Abbamondi.
[Witness is sworn]
Markel: Where have you worked?
Abbamondi: St. Louis Cardinals and Padres; I worked on dynamic pricing. Then with the NBA
AUSA Markel: How many NBA teams use Ticketmaster?
Abbamondi: I'd say 25 out of 30. Then I went to MSG, corporate hospitality and suites. I led our sales team for our non sponsorship assets. Anything you could sit in, I sold it. I used Ticketmaster
Read 73 tweets
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Mar 3
OK - US v. Live Nation now opening arguments. Inner City Press closely covered jury selection (courtroom details on Substack here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/break-up-liv… Document on Patreon here patreon.com/MatthewRussell…) and will now live tweet, thread below Image
9:29 am
Opening arguments still haven't begun.
Counsel: We intend to play a clip of Michael Rapino in our opening.
Judge Subramanian: Why? Both of these opening statement decks are more like argumentative closing argument decks. It's hard to address objections
10:02 am - while the parties re-jigger their demonstratives for opening statements,
Courtroom deputy Hernandez: In the gallery here in 23B do I have a Bolano? Bolano?
[Seems so]
Deputy: I will come right over
Read 53 tweets
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Mar 2
OK - now US v. Live Nation jury selection.
10:12 am
All rise!
Judge Subramanian: Glad you see you, prospective jurors. This is US et al versus Live Nation, there are parties on the US side.
Inner City Press will live tweet this, and the trial. Thread below.
Judge Subramanian: I know this jury service will be a hardship. During the trial you will have a half hour lunch, we will give you bagels and coffees from the courthouse cafeteria. This still could take six weeks...
Judge Subramanian: We have to avoid bias. So I will be asking you about your personal history and views, for an unbiased jury. I am not trying to pry. From you answers, I will be able to determine if you should be excused for cause. There will be peremptories
Read 45 tweets
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Feb 27
OK - now at US v Live Nation final final pre-trial conference. Inner City Press is covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny8asubraman… and will live tweet, thread below x.com/innercitypress…
Judge Subramanian: I rule that each side will have 65 hours. If I raise that, each side will get the same time. We have identified 79 jurors to come back. If we can't qualify 20 of them, we may reduce from 12 jurors, or I'll take back strikes.
Judge Subramanian: There's been a question raised about the potential jurors' experience with Live Nation or TicketMaster - they may feel they are awarding damages based on this experience. Plaintiffs' says there is no showing of bias.
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