- What happened: Plaintiff says the court sealed the June 3, 2025 hearing transcript because it includes explicit and mental‑health testimony. Despite that order, on Aug. 12, 2025, Defendant allegedly read verbatim from the sealed transcript during a livestream and showed it to his guest. The video got ~4,000 views before he later edited it; clips were reposted elsewhere.
- Why it matters: Plaintiff argues this was a knowing, bad‑faith violation of a clear court order. Reading or displaying sealed content is, in their view, the same as publishing it, and the First Amendment doesn’t protect violating a sealing order.
- Defendant’s position (per his counsel): The order only told the Clerk to keep the transcript sealed on the docket; he didn’t file or upload the transcript itself and can discuss what happened at the hearing.
- Legal hook: Plaintiff cites the court’s power to hold parties in civil contempt and to sanction bad‑faith disobedience of orders.
- What Plaintiff wants: An order to show cause; a contempt finding; immediate takedown of any content quoting or referencing the sealed transcript; a gag on further disclosure of sealed material; a substantial monetary sanction; and payment of Plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees and costs.
- Timing: Transcript sealed June 6; alleged livestream Aug. 12; Plaintiff learned Aug. 15; meet‑and‑confer Aug. 18–20; motion filed Aug. 21, 2025.
TL;DR: Plaintiff asks the court to hold Defendant in contempt and sanction him for allegedly reading and sharing a sealed hearing transcript on a livestream, arguing it was a willful breach of the sealing order.
