{"id":2270263,"date":"2024-06-18T07:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-puts-freedom-of-press-on-trial-in-nashville-trans-shooter-manifesto-battle\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:02:37","slug":"judge-puts-freedom-of-press-on-trial-in-nashville-trans-shooter-manifesto-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-puts-freedom-of-press-on-trial-in-nashville-trans-shooter-manifesto-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Challenges Press Freedom in Nashville Trans Shooter &#8216;Manifesto&#8217; Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-puts-freedom-of-press-on-trial-in-nashville-trans-shooter-manifesto-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief \u2064of The Tennessee Star, recently\u200b declared his freedom and the continuation \u200cof his First Amendment rights following a court appearance in Nashville. He had been brought to court by Tennessee\u2064 Chancery Court Judge l\u2019Ashea Myles after his news organization reported on excerpts from \u2063a &#8220;manifesto&#8221; belonging \u200dto Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covenant-school-shooting-purported-manifesto-sparks-local-investigations-and-condemnation\/\" title=\"Covenant School shooting: Alleged manifesto prompts local probes and condemnation.\">transgender shooter responsible<\/a> for a deadly attack at a Nashville Christian school. Despite the\u2063 potential for contempt\u2063 charges due to \u2062the publication of the manifesto excerpts, the hearing concluded without Leahy facing\u200b immediate punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The court session revolved around whether Leahy&#8217;s actions violated a court order \u200bconcerning the handling of Hale\u2019s \u2063documents, which were uncovered in her vehicle and include detailed \u200cplans and reflections preceding\u2063 the school attack. Leahy argued that publishing the information was protected under the First Amendment and claimed he would prefer jail over \u2063disclosing his source. The legal proceedings have attracted significant attention \u2063and \u200csparked debates regarding \u2063press freedoms\u200d and judicial overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Adding \u2062to the complexity,\u200d Leahy and his company are involved in separate lawsuits demanding that law enforcement\u2064 release more of Hale\u2019s writings, which they argue are \u2063being unjustly withheld under the guise of\u2064 an ongoing investigation. Critics, including Leahy, suspect that this is a tactic by the authorities to prevent further scrutiny\u2062 into the case and to control the narrative \u2063surrounding \u2062transgender\u200b issues and violent acts associated with them.<\/p>\n<p>Though the court didn&#8217;t incarcerate Leahy, \u2064the matter \u2062remains \u2064unresolved, with potential further legal actions hinted by the judge. \u200bThe case underscores ongoing tensions between\u200b government\u2062 authorities, the press, and rights \u2063to \u200dfree speech, particularly concerning \u2064sensitive and high-profile crimes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Michael Patrick Leahy walked out of a Nashville courthouse Monday morning celebrating his freedom \u2014 at least for now. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a free man and can continue to exercise my First Amendment rights,\u201d the CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star declared on his X account. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1151126693\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b000a14c95f7af1183d21b834e9380f5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b000a14c95f7af1183d21b834e9380f5\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"vXevkze5m9uGMTR5XbsSBLwjNf1BKtS7pf0Q2yUJI7zWIsO2jTZnkyP9EPbY6nrdVFmcZKut\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement after the Nashville court hearing today. For now, I am a free man and can continue to exercise my First Amendment rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e7VC27JyzO\">https:\/\/t.co\/e7VC27JyzO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MichaelPatrick Leahy (@michaelpleahy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelpleahy\/status\/1802758726589239780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tennessee Chancery Court Judge<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tncourts.gov\/courts\/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts\/judges\/iashea-l-myles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> l\u2019Ashea Myles<\/a> had ordered Leahy to court after his Star News Network had reported on portions of the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/covenant-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-she-was-trapped-in-adult-life-where-no-one-seems-to-notice-her-in-recovered-journal\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cmanifesto\u201d<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/covenant-school-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-her-thoughts-about-death-changed-significantly-after-middle-school-classmate-died-in-car-accident\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audrey Elizabeth Hale<\/a>, the transgender-identified shooter who murdered six people at a Nashville Christian school. The Star reported that it had obtained images of <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/covenant-school-killer-audrey-hale-declared-herself-boy-that-has-no-penis-in-one-of-17-writings-about-transgenderism-in-recovered-journal\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roughly 80 pages <\/a>of the killer\u2019s journal that police found in her vehicle. The journal entries cover the weeks before she stormed into Covenant School in late March 2023 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/28\/us\/audrey-hale-nashville-school-shooting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatally shot three 9-year-olds and three adults. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myles last week scheduled the <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/resources\/pdf\/bb104926-e6a1-4964-90ef-87a89ca72f0a-61024CHANCERYCOURTCOVENANTCASE.pdf.crdownload.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show cause hearing<\/a> to find out whether publishing portions of the killer\u2019s journals violated an order regarding Hale\u2019s documents \u2014 and whether Leahy could face jail time. But the Star didn\u2019t publish or link to the documents; it reported on them, a point made clear at Monday\u2019s hearing. <\/p>\n<p>Leahy has said he would go to jail before revealing the source of the photocopied documents, which have been <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/mnpd-confirms-authenticity-of-covenant-killer-journal-obtained-by-the-tennessee-star\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">authenticated<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">local police department<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA judge doesn\u2019t have the right to force me to do something unconstitutional,\u201d he told free-speech activist Michael Shellenberger in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1802683749085106432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1802683749085106432%7Ctwgr%5E58d5ee35da2fbc8afd0b2f31ec9946dc6272d811%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftennesseestar.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D472458action%3Deditclassic-editor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> about the First Amendment showdown. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-be0234b1a9c124202537c4449c1fc482 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-be0234b1a9c124202537c4449c1fc482\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"M6H\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Patrick Leahy: &#8220;A Judge Doesn&#8217;t Have The Right To Force Me To Do Something Unconstitutional&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee journalist faces jail for publishing quotes from the leaked writings of a mentally ill, trans-identified school shooter<\/p>\n<p>One of the most famous moments in American\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yH6997t0ud\">pic.twitter.com\/yH6997t0ud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1802683749085106432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The legal battle has garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13536175\/Journalist-threatened-jail-publishing-trans-shooter-Audrey-Hales-journal-writings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">international attention<\/a> and solidarity for Leahy and the Star from First Amendment experts. Should Leahy and his publication be found in contempt, the CEO could be subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/tennessee\/2020\/title-29\/chapter-9\/section-29-9-103\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctions<\/a>, including jail time. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Making Things Up\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Monday\u2019s proceedings, the direction of which changed after Myles <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/tennessee-judge-denies-motion-by-star-news-ceo-in-covenant-killer-writings-case-raises-possibility-of-prosecution-as-leahy-files-emergency-appeal\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> the Star\u2019s request to dismiss the show cause hearing, have left Leahy in a kind of legal limbo. The Star argues the show cause hearing violates Tennessee\u2019s shield law, protecting reporters from being compelled to reveal sources, and hinders the news outlet\u2019s due-process rights. <\/p>\n<p>Myles said she merely wanted to \u201cascertain the status and veracity of any alleged leak\u201d of documents \u201cin the possession of this Court\u201d and the police department. She wanted to get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UaB67BcKwcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201clay of the land\u201d<\/a> before she rules on whether law enforcement officials are required by public record law to release the records. Most of the documents remain locked away in Nashville Metro and FBI custody. Myles also has a copy of the records. <\/p>\n<p>Myles sparred with Leahy\u2019s attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/danielhorwitz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel A. Horwitz<\/a>, a nationally recognized First Amendment lawyer, who noted that none of the lawsuit\u2019s parties maintain that Leahy or his publication \u201cviolated the contempt statute or violated the order of this court.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-102bddbe5f2d9ce850ac735894995c6e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-102bddbe5f2d9ce850ac735894995c6e\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI will determine, based on what I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-outraged-at-carrie-underwood-for-liking-matt-walsh-post\/\" title=\"Leftists Outraged At Carrie Underwood For Liking Matt Walsh Post\">\u2019ve heard today<\/a>, in a subsequent order, whether or not there will be other proceedings,\u201d Myles told the attorney. \u201cAnd so again, I understand your desire to educate the court on your client\u2019s position, but it is simply not ripe yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Fisher, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tcog.info\">Tennessee Coalition for Open Government<\/a>, said the judge called Leahy to court to explain why he didn\u2019t violate the court\u2019s order and then shut down his attorney when he tried to explain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like she\u2019s making things up as she goes along,\u201d the First Amendment expert said. \u201cThe good news is she did not put Michael Patrick Leahy in jail.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018I Will Die a Shooter\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Leahy and <a href=\"https:\/\/starnewsdigitalmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Star News Digital Media,<\/a> The Tennessee Star\u2019s parent company, are plaintiffs in <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/the-tennessee-stars-parent-company-files-lawsuit-demanding-metro-nashville-turn-over-covenant-killer-records\/mkittle\/2023\/05\/11\/\">lawsuits <\/a>demanding the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/fbi-doubles-down-on-ongoing-investigation-claim-in-response-to-star-news-networks-lawsuit-over-covenant-killers-manifesto\/mkittle\/2023\/07\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a> turn over Hale\u2019s manifesto, which includes multiple journals and other documents. I previously served as national political editor for the news organization and am also a plaintiff in the Freedom of Information Act <a href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16915724995.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit against the FBI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcement agencies have argued that releasing Hale\u2019s writings would damage their \u201congoing investigation.\u201d But the transgender killer, the only identified suspect in the case, is dead. A recently obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/fbi-memo-on-protection-of-legacy-tokens-sent-to-nashville-police-in-may-2023-opposed-release-of-covenant-killer-documents-cited-destruction-precedent\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI memo<\/a> to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake suggests what many have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/06\/memo-shows-fbi-discouraging-release-of-trans-killers-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long suspected<\/a>: President Joe Biden\u2019s identity politics-steeped Department of Justice is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/06\/memo-shows-fbi-discouraging-release-of-trans-killers-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading a cover-up <\/a>of the deadliest transgender-directed shootings in U.S. history.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic access to legacy tokens [journals, videos and other mass shooter communications] will also facilitate false narratives and inaccurate information,\u201d the FBI claimed, adding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-shows-fbi-discouraging-release-of-trans-killers-manifesto\/\" title=\"Memo reveals FBI discouraging publication of manifesto by transgender killer\">making mass shooter manifestos public<\/a> will lead to \u201cpontificators\u201d and \u201cself-professed \u2018experts\u2019\u201d who \u201cwill proffer their perspectives\u201d in the press, \u201cpotentially inflaming the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documents published in recent weeks paint a picture of a deeply disturbed 28-year-old woman who identified as a man. Hale appeared to be immersed in trans indoctrination, self-loathing, and rage.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am of no society. And I hate society [because] society ignores to see me,\u201d Hale concluded <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/covenant-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-dying-young-is-my-destiny-in-recovered-journal-claimed-society-ignores-her\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one<\/a> of the 80 pages of writings obtained by The Tennessee Star. \u201cI\u2019m a queer; I am meant to die,\u201d she wrote and signed the entry \u201cAiden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the news outlet wrote, Hale dreamed of notoriety \u2014 the infamous kind \u2014 in an entry <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/covenant-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-of-desire-to-inflict-pain-to-share-same-fate-with-former-friend-who-became-local-celebrity\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparing her life<\/a> to Paige Averianna Patton, a Nashville radio personality who attended middle school with Hale. The two played on the school basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will live a legend and I will die a shooter \u2014 hopefully to become infamous. No one will forget neither of us,\u201d Hale wrote. She concluded the entry by declaring Patton \u201cwill be the blessing, and I will be the horror to inflict pain\u201d on the world.<\/p>\n<p>Hale also wrote about her <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/covenant-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-3-pages-in-journal-about-my-imaginary-penis\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cimaginary penis\u201d<\/a> and that she would \u201ckill\u201d to get her hands on puberty blockers less than two weeks before her deadly errand, the Star <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/covenant-killer-audrey-hale-wrote-3-pages-in-journal-about-my-imaginary-penis\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy penis exists in my head. I swear to god I\u2019m a male,\u201d the killer wrote in one of the many journals recovered by police. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Process Is the Punishment\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/politics\/tennessee-lawmakers-defend-tennessee-star-editor-in-chief-in-legal-case-over-covenant-documents\/pdabrosca\/2024\/06\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawmakers<\/a> and First Amendment advocates have <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/justice\/media-outlets-influencers-band-together-to-show-support-for-tennessee-star-editor-in-chief\/pdabrosca\/2024\/06\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended<\/a> Leahy and the Star, with one state representative calling Myles an \u201cactivist judge.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TN legislature will not stand for an activist judge who weaponizes their courtroom. [Leahy] is the press and does not have to prove to any courtroom that he is innocent. I will file the proper resolutions to remove judges engaging in abuse like this,\u201d state Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/politics\/tennessee-lawmakers-defend-tennessee-star-editor-in-chief-in-legal-case-over-covenant-documents\/pdabrosca\/2024\/06\/14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"85qtxIOTlhBSmfi\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The TN legislature will not stand for an activist judge who weaponizes their courtroom. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelpleahy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaelpleahy<\/a> is the press and does not have to prove to any courtroom that he is innocent. <\/p>\n<p>I will file the proper resolutions to remove judges engaging in abuse like this.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Faison (@JeremyFaison4TN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyFaison4TN\/status\/1801638368410743256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, the free press battle began when Nashville TV news reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/unsubstantiated-allegation-by-wsmv-reporter-prompts-judge-to-order-show-cause-hearing-over-the-tennessee-stars-reporting-on-covenant-killer-investigation\/tpappert\/2024\/06\/11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stacey Cameron<\/a> called the judge requesting comment. He asked Myles to respond to the claim that the Star had allegedly published \u201c[leaked] documents in violation of\u201d Myles\u2019 order. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, Judge Myles was unaware of the supposed leak, until WSMV4 Investigates\u2019 Stacey Cameron called the court asking for a reaction to the leak, wanting to know if she was considering holding the Star or anyone else in contempt,\u201d WSMV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/2024\/06\/10\/new-hearing-ordered-over-more-leaked-writings-covenant-school-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Fisher, from the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, said the proceedings are \u201cstrange,\u201d and they\u2019re not over yet. Myles could still appoint a special investigator to look into the alleged violations. She could find Leahy in contempt. The Star and its CEO, which sued to bring to light the motives and mindset of Nashville\u2019s deadliest school shooter, are now themselves a target of the legal process. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case it seems like the process is the punishment,\u201d Fisher said. \u201cShe wanted justification for the contempt proceeding. She\u2019s still thinking about it. 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