A note sent from the jury to Judge Moon in the ‘Sines v. Kessler’ case just now - the jury asks “under punitive damages…can we separate out the amount that is awarded to individual plaintiffs?”
Moon proposes telling the jury no, “but only plaintiffs awarded compensatory damages will share in the punitive damages awarded”
Judge Moon says he received a letter from Chris Cantwell asking to be brought to the court whenever the jury asks any more questions… Moon says that the defense side can just have one person present while jury notes are being read.
Another note for Judge Moon has arrived from the jury, should be read in court shortly.
Judge Moon is sitting down at the court bench
Possible verdict incoming - court marshals are inviting sketch artist and an extra pool reporter into the courtroom
You can catch up on the latest evidence in the case here: unicornriot.ninja/2021/charlotte… (closing arguments wrapped up on Friday)
We're waiting for the video feed in the courthouse media room to show Judge Moon & attorneys in the 'Sines v. Kessler'#UniteTheRight Charlottesville lawsuit - if this is in fact verdict time, the jury will read off their findings as to each defendant & plaintiff, damages etc. 
The courtroom media feed video monitor has zoomed out to show attorneys on both sides - Judge Moon is currently not at the bench.
Judge Moon is taking the bench now...
Judge Moon says he got a note from the jury saying they have achieved a verdict:
"We have unanimously decided on claims 3,4,5 and 6 after reviewing the final jury instructions and discussing claims 1 and 2 at length, we are deadlocked, we do not believe this will change"
"We have unanimously decided on claims 3,4,5 and 6 after reviewing the final jury instructions and discussing claims 1 and 2 at length, we are deadlocked, we do not believe this will change"
Judge Moon says he intends to call the jury, receive their decision, send the jury back to the jury room, and then hear arguments
Plaintiffs request that the jury receive an Allen Charge on counts 1-2.
Judge Moon: they indicated they could not receive a unanimous verdict on 1-3, I told them to reach a unanimous verdict on all counts... if after further deliberations they still feel they cannot reach a verdict... I will not make them stay
Dunn (plaintiffs): I don't know if the jury has received the Allen Charge...
Judge Moon: I don't know if the 4th Circuit is on board with the Allen Charge
Dunn: we'd ask the jury be asked to decide counts 1-2 defendant by defendant
Judge Moon: I don't know if the 4th Circuit is on board with the Allen Charge
Dunn: we'd ask the jury be asked to decide counts 1-2 defendant by defendant
Judge Moon calls the jury back in
Dunn: we have a proposed charge... we ask that it be included to... encourage the jury to consider defendant by defendant...
Dunn: we have a proposed charge... we ask that it be included to... encourage the jury to consider defendant by defendant...
The jury is coming in now
The jury foreperson just handed the verdict form to the marshal
Judge Moon is opening the verdict form
Judge Moon is about to read the jury's verdict form (he was not clear as to the plaintiffs' request to have defendants charged one at a time on the first 2 counts)
Judge Moon asks the clerk to publish the verdict
Verdict read by court clerk in Sines v. Kessler:
1st claim: no verdict
2nd claim: no verdict
3rd claim (civil conspiracy, did plaintiffs prove it): yes
3rd claim proven as to: all defendants
1st claim: no verdict
2nd claim: no verdict
3rd claim (civil conspiracy, did plaintiffs prove it): yes
3rd claim proven as to: all defendants
potential damages for first 3 claims for each plaintiff (on claim 3"
$1 or $0 for all plaintiffs
$1 or $0 for all plaintiffs
Punitive damages against Jason Kessler, Richard Spencer, Christopher Cantwell, Robert 'Azzmador' Ray, Nathan Damigo, Eliott Kline, Matthew Heimbach, Matthew Parrott, Michael Hill, Michael Tubbs - $500,000 each
Punitive damages against Vanguard & League of the South, Identity Evropa, TWP, NSM - $1 Million each
Eliott Kline, Richard Spencer, Robert 'Azzmador' Ray, and Christopher Cantwell found liable for racial intimidation
Natalie Romero & Devin Willis awarded 250K in compensatory damages
Spencer, Kline, Ray, Cantwell - liable 200k in other damages
Spencer, Kline, Ray, Cantwell - liable 200k in other damages
Liability found against James Alex Fields Jr. in claim 4
$0 awarded to all plaintiffs under claim 4, no punitive damages awarded.
Claim 5 - assault and battery - several plaintiffs awarded compensatory damages - Natalie Romero #217,715 April Muniz 108,000 Thomas Baker $318,575 E. Sines - $0, Marissa Blair 200,000 Marcus Martin ~157,0000
Claim 5 - assault and battery - punitive damages - $6M against James Alex Fields
Claim 6 - intentional infliction of emotional distress - plaintiffs awarded compensatory damages - Natalie Romero $155,715 April Muniz - $50,000 Thomas Baker 250K Sines - 50K, Marissa Blair and Marcus Martin (we missed the amounts clerk is reading v fast)
Claim 6 - $6M additional punitive damages against James Ales Fields
That's it for the verdict (we will confirm exact details to you soon.)
Judge Moon asks if any jurors believe the jury could possibly still reach a verdict on counts 1 and 2, even if it was one defendant at a time. No one raised their hand so Judge Moon says he "will respect the verdict of the jury."
The jury is sent back to the jury room. Judge Moon seems to have declined to sent the jury an Allen Charge based on the first two claims as the plaintiffs had requested.
Roberta Kaplan to Judge Moon: there have been entries of default entered for the following defendants; Andrew Anglin, Moonbase Holdings LLC, East Coast Knights of the KKK, Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights, August us Sol Invictus, Nationalist Front
Kaplan says default motions will be filed.
James Fields' lawyer David Campbell says he will be making a motion to Judge Moon to reduce damages. Judge Moon says he will give all counsel a copy of the verdict form. Josh Smith (TWP lawyer) says he will also make a motion to reduce damages.
Judge Moon tells the jury he is pleased with "civil" behavior by parties in this case, says they have been "a credit to the legal profession."
Moon says "those who represented themselves acquitted themselves well... no one could have asked for a trial to go better"
Correction: punitive damages against individuals here were $200k not $500k each as we initially tweeted in a hurry
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1463228698233090049?s=20
Total of compensatory and punitive damages in this case is around/over $25 million
The jury found 'Unite The Right' defendants violated Virginia state civil rights laws against hate crimes but failed to agree on a verdict about violations of the federal Ku Klux Klan act. ~$25 million in total damages. Individual neo-nazi leaders all owe $200K, all orgs owe $1M.
*$500k, not $200k
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