Prosecutors want Hulu movie contracts, as judge pushes back Barnetts’ neglect trials
Prosecutors want Hulu movie contracts, as judge pushes back Barnetts’ neglect trials
Attorneys wrangle over the use of ‘adult’ in a case of a legal age change, tabloids and a gag order. Plus, SIA rolls out 5 millionth Subaru. Big funding to help Purdue’s hellbender program
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With Tippecanoe County prosecutors pressing to get contract details about a Hulu-produced limited series to see whether it violated a court-imposed gag order and questions about the logistics of getting through dozens of potential witnesses and experts, a judge on Wednesday pushed back the trial of Michael Barnett to late October.
A trial for Michael Barnett – a father accused of neglect in a case that involves setting up his adopted Ukrainian-born daughter in a Lafayette apartment while he, his ex-wife Kristine and their other children moved to Canada – will now start Oct. 24. The trial is scheduled to last a week, including at least a day to find jurors who don’t know about the case’s tabloid details, according to a schedule laid out in court Wednesday morning.
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