Media groups get Bryant info accidentally
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, June 29, 2004
DENVER (AP) - Media organizations that were accidentally sent transcripts of a closed-door hearing in the Kobe Bryant case asked the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a judge's order threatening them with contempt of court if they publish or even retain the information.
A court reporter who meant to send transcripts of the June 21-22 hearing to the judge instead e-mailed them Thursday to seven media groups, including The Associated Press. State District Judge Terry Ruckriegle then ordered those groups to destroy their copies without publishing them.
None of the media groups that received the transcripts have published their contents.
In addition to the AP, the other organizations involved in the challenge to Ruckriegle's order are The Denver Post, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, Fox News, ESPN and the television show ''Celebrity Justice.''