Louisiana Judge Holds Defense Lawyer in Contempt Over Madison Brooks Filing, Imposes No Penalty
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 20
Louisiana Judge Holds Defense Lawyer in Contempt Over Madison Brooks Filing, Imposes No Penalty
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 20
Summary
Judge Gail Horne Ray held defense attorney Caitlin Fowlkes in contempt Monday after she used Madison Brooks’ full name in a July court filing instead of the initials required for sex-crime victims under Louisiana law.
No punishment was imposed, but Ray said the statute is clear that attorneys who fail to redact a victim’s name in such filings are subject to contempt.
The filing was attached to Fowlkes’ motion to bar spectators from wearing pink during Desmond Carter’s trial; Ray had already ruled in August that Brooks’ supporters could keep wearing pink in court.
Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU student, was allegedly raped by Carter and another man in 2023 before being struck and killed by a car after the group let her out near a subdivision.