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Judge in Krebs trial bars TV crews from courtroom
Second Judicial District Judge Cindy Leos talks with prosecutors and defense attorney Paul Kennedy, at right, during the first day of former UNM Athletic Director Paul Krebs’ embezzlement trial on Monday.
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A judge barred television cameras and crews from her courtroom Tuesday after she learned that two Albuquerque television stations had been livestreaming the embezzlement trial of Paul Krebs, former University of New Mexico athletic director.
A stern 2nd Judicial District Judge Cindy Leos halted the trial at about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday and announced that she had learned that at least one station was streaming the trial on YouTube in violation of an order she issued earlier this month.
Leos said she would allow attorneys to review the video and request a mistrial if they considered the violation damaging to the case. She also threatened to assess the cost of the trial to the stations in the event of a mistrial.
The judge also said that the television cameras had broadcast images of the defense table in violation of her order governing the conduct of media in the courtroom.
Leos called the media into the courtroom at 1:55 p.m. and said that she would allow the trial to continue. But she barred reporters and crews from all three Albuquerque television stations from the courtroom.
The judge allowed reporters for the Albuquerque Journal and Santa Fe New Mexican to remain in the courtroom. The trial resumed about 2:10 p.m.
