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LOS ANGELES (AP) -November 15, 2011 (WPVI) -- A law partner of Dr. Conrad Murray's chief defense attorney is facing a contempt hearing stemming from an interview he gave during the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor.

Matt Alford, who practices with attorney Ed Chernoff, in Houston, was ordered to appear Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor. The judge threatened to hold Alford in contempt for his appearance on NBC's Today show.

Alford gave an interview in which he criticized a prosecution witness in the Murray trial and made comments about the jury. The judge said he found the interview shocking since it came only hours after he had warned defense attorneys not to comment on the case outside court.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last week in Jackson's death and is in jail awaiting sentencing Nov. 29.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=8432445

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Good morning from the courthouse in downtown LA. First day of contempt hearings in the #ConradMurraytrial to get underway at 8:30 am.

The contempt hearings today involve 2 members of the public who took pix at the court's hallway & posted online, a violation of court rules.

The other involves attorney Matt Alford, partner of defense attorney Ed Chernoff. He gave an interview allegedly violating judge's gag order

Dr. Paul White's contempt hearing is tomorrow. We'll be here for that as well!

https://twitter.com/#!/abc7MurrayTrial
 
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Thanks. had forgotten about this
 
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@abc7MurrayTrial The contempt hearings today involve 2 members of the public who took pix at the court's hallway & posted online, a violation of court rules.

@abc7MurrayTrial The other involves attorney Matt Alford, partner of defense attorney Ed Chernoff. He gave an interview allegedly violating judge's gag order

@abc7MurrayTrial Dr. Paul White's contempt hearing is tomorrow. We'll be here for that as well!
 
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Attorney Matthew Alford, partner in defense attorney's Ed Chernoff firm, did not appear for the court hearing today.

Judge Michael Pastor ordered, but has not yet issued, a body attachment on Alford, which means arrest warrant for his unwillingness 2 appear

Judge Pastor said he will hold the order until Nov. 29, when he expects Alford to explain, in writing, why he wasn't in court today.

The clerk said she received call from Alford's secretary yesterday saying the attorney was in trial in Houston and would not be able 2 come

Judge Pastor said he wants to know all the details of trial that prevented Alford from being here: type of case, name/phone # of judge in TX

Judge said he'll issue body attachment (arrest warrant) if there's no explanation by Nov. 29. Body attachment means person is uncooperative.

Body attachment is also another way of saying person should be brought 2 court in custody as opposed to free will since he hasn't cooperated

Matthew Alford is facing contempt of court charges for giving an exclusive interview to a morning show when judge had a gag order in place.

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On a lighter note, Judge Pastor dismissed the possible contempt of court charge against a woman who took pictures in the hallway.

Amy Kimes, a leader of Justice4MJ group, came to court this morning and apologized for making "a stupid mistake... A dumb thing".

Kimes told the judge she was under extreme pressure and took the picture to show there were MJ's fans present in court that day.

Kimes was called into court and lied to the judge saying she hadn't taken the pix. Minutes later she realized her mistake & told the bailiff

Kimes wrote letters of apology to the court and said she was undergoing treatment for confusion & memory loss. She said she was very nervous

Judge Pastor considered the fact she came forward within minutes acknowledging she had lied. "This is sufficient in my world to let it go".

No further proceeding for Kimes, a 43-year-old mother of 4. She was banned from the courtroom for the remainder of the trial.

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Tomorrow there's contempt of court hearing for Dr. Paul White, defense's Propofol expert. He allegedly violated Judge's order during trial.
 
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Thanks for updates. I see Alferd issue would consider the same day as Murray's sentencing.
 
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Just got word that judge Pastor denied our request for cameras in the courtroom tomorrow. We'll be tweeting. Hearing scheduled for 8:30 am.
 
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Thanks.alford better make sure that trial is real or he can bunk up with cm
 
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ABC have tweeted that no cameras are allowed in but they will be tweeting. White's contempt of court hearing will be soon, cannot wait for that!
 
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Sophielo said:
ABC have tweeted that no cameras are allowed in but they will be tweeting. White's contempt of court hearing will be soon, cannot wait for that!
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I'm quite looking forward to it as well. :p
 
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Paul white is up today at 0830
 
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White is there and hes being repped by flanagan. walgren is also there in court
 
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the judge should've allowed cameras in, I SOO want to see hotass Walgren..
 
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@abc7MurrayTrial
Dr. Paul White is present in court and represented by attorney Michael Flanagan.
Judge is about to take the bench. David Walgren also here
 
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Thanks bee im on my phone so cant copy and paste
 
fingers crossed ..I hope Pastor fines him BIG TIME...who knows..maybe even sentence him to a couple of days in jail...:D
 
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BREAKING: Dr. Conrad Murray's anesthesiology expert was found in contempt of court for not mentioning his private talks with Murray.
 
throw him in jail along with flanazepam, then murray will have good company.
 
250.00....thats it!! Oh well Pastor knows what he is doing,,,atleast White didn't get away with it..
 
$250.00 is a drop in the bucket as far as I'm concerned. But I trust Judge Pastor.

That being said, in my opinion, the real issue will be if White is ever asked to be an expert witness again. LOL! In my opinion, those days are over. Nobody with half-a-brain will call upon him, because they know that this "contempt-of-court" issue will ALWAYS be used against White, if he ever makes it to another witness box.

He's credibility is shoot!

He went into this thinking that he was the BIG DOG on campus, now his name is mud and Dr. Shafer's name will forever be surrounded by a shining star. That alone will cause a man like White to have many, MANY sleepless nights. And that's good enough for me.
 
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