And the KXAN local news has footage. <\/p>\n The exchange arose after a tense hearing. Beckworth told the court that he had approached another lawyer for the camp, Jeff Ray, to tell him, \u201cYou know maybe before you talk about the integrity of me and my team, maybe you just ought to ask us about the facts.\u201d Harsh, but within the bounds of professional conversation. Another lawyer from the Camp Mystic team acknowledged that it was a good idea.<\/p>\n According to Beckworth, that\u2019s when Wright entered the chat to say \u201cYou\u2019re gonna burn in hell,\u201d before telling Yarnell that she would also, in fact, be burning in hell.<\/p>\n Camp Mystic\u2019s attorneys objected when Beckworth tried to raise this conversation in court. Not that it didn\u2019t happen, but that it was relevant to the questioning of the current witness. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble was not amused. \u201cDid this happen in my courtroom, or somewhere else?\u201d she asked, with the plaintiff side of the table more or less nodding in unison. For his part, Beckworth said he wasn\u2019t as much complaining about the remark, as citing this as indicative of Camp Mystic\u2019s posture, which he argued has been resistant to the court\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe in March, I explicitly told all the lawyers who were present that all the rules that apply when I\u2019m in the courtroom, apply when I step out of the courtroom,\u201d Gamble said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened\u2026 but any amount of that conversation that happened would be against the rules in this courtroom \u2014 whether I\u2019m here or I\u2019m not here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n That\u2019s the judicial equivalent of \u201cI\u2019m not mad, I\u2019m just disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n Wright\u2019s firm issued a statement saying it did not condone the remarks and that the firm had apologized to plaintiffs\u2019 counsel before court began Wednesday. Wright himself provided a statement to KXAN:<\/p>\n After a long day in court, my emotions were running high, and I let them get the best of me. For that I sincerely apologize to both attorneys, to the court and to all involved. I do not wish to cause any distractions during this trial or any distress to the family of Cile Steward or any of the families of Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Long days happen. Most attorneys manage not to tell the other side they\u2019re going to burn in hell. Some things you can just keep to yourself.<\/p>\n The post Lawyer Tells Attorneys For Missing Child That They\u2019re \u2018Gonna Burn In Hell\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n A lawyer for the owners of Camp Mystic, the Texas camp hit by a flash flood that tragically led to the deaths of 27 people including 25 children, closed out a a long day of hearings by telling the lawyers for the family of a dead child whose body has never been recovered, \u201cyou\u2019re gonna burn in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n You know, \u201csee you tomorrow,\u201d works just fine. <\/p>\n On the third and final day of an evidentiary hearing<\/a> in the lawsuit against Camp Mystic, Brad Beckworth, an attorney for the parents of one of the 8-year-old victims of the disaster, told the court that Camp Mystic lawyer Thomas Wright of Wright Close Barger & Guzman had informed him and co-counsel Christina Yarnell the previous evening that they were going to burn in hell. <\/p>\n And the KXAN local news has footage. <\/p>\n The exchange arose after a tense hearing. Beckworth told the court that he had approached another lawyer for the camp, Jeff Ray, to tell him, \u201cYou know maybe before you talk about the integrity of me and my team, maybe you just ought to ask us about the facts.\u201d Harsh, but within the bounds of professional conversation. Another lawyer from the Camp Mystic team acknowledged that it was a good idea.<\/p>\n According to Beckworth, that\u2019s when Wright entered the chat to say \u201cYou\u2019re gonna burn in hell,\u201d before telling Yarnell that she would also, in fact, be burning in hell.<\/p>\n Camp Mystic\u2019s attorneys objected when Beckworth tried to raise this conversation in court. Not that it didn\u2019t happen, but that it was relevant to the questioning of the current witness. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble was not amused. \u201cDid this happen in my courtroom, or somewhere else?\u201d she asked, with the plaintiff side of the table more or less nodding in unison. For his part, Beckworth said he wasn\u2019t as much complaining about the remark, as citing this as indicative of Camp Mystic\u2019s posture, which he argued has been resistant to the court\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe in March, I explicitly told all the lawyers who were present that all the rules that apply when I\u2019m in the courtroom, apply when I step out of the courtroom,\u201d Gamble said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened\u2026 but any amount of that conversation that happened would be against the rules in this courtroom \u2014 whether I\u2019m here or I\u2019m not here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n That\u2019s the judicial equivalent of \u201cI\u2019m not mad, I\u2019m just disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n Wright\u2019s firm issued a statement saying it did not condone the remarks and that the firm had apologized to plaintiffs\u2019 counsel before court began Wednesday. Wright himself provided a statement to KXAN:<\/p>\n After a long day in court, my emotions were running high, and I let them get the best of me. For that I sincerely apologize to both attorneys, to the court and to all involved. I do not wish to cause any distractions during this trial or any distress to the family of Cile Steward or any of the families of Camp Mystic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Long days happen. Most attorneys manage not to tell the other side they\u2019re going to burn in hell. 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Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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