Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 26, 2024
Judge forbids private investigator from contacting Jogani jurors
Allowing self-proclaimed “juratorologist” Robert Wilson to contact jurors in the long-running case could “dissuade people from wanting to sit on juries,” Judge Susan Bryant-Deason said.
A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday kept her order forbidding a private investigator from contacting jurors who delivered a $10 billion verdict against his client.
“For me the whole idea of trying to undercut a 12-0, 11-1 jury is sort of unbelievable. But I can understand when there’s a lot at stake,” Judge Susan Bryant-Deason said at the end of a hearing.
“To say, ‘we’ll do anything to try to make it go away...