Idaho student murders: Kohberger's legal team asks judge to ban cameras from courtroom

Bryan Kohberger’s legal team is asking an Idaho judge to ban cameras from the courtroom for the remainder of proceedings, arguing that operators haven’t followed a directive to avoid focusing strictly on the quadruple murder suspect.

His lawyer, Anne Taylor, made a motion to remove cameras from the courtroom Friday afternoon.

Five people lived at the King Road residence in Moscow, Idaho, including three of the victims — Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Madison Mogen. Another victim, Ethan Chapin, was dating Kernodle and was staying at the home on Nov. 13, 2022, when all four were allegedly killed by Kohberger, who allegedly entered the home at around 4 a.m.

Taylor argued that “camera-weilding courtroom observers have failed to obey” a directive by Judge John Judge which was given on June 27. 

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Judge referenced the recent Chad Daybell trial during the June 27 hearing, a case where cameras were asked to leave the courtroom for focusing too much on the defendant.

Judge said cameras in the Moscow courtroom needed to show a wide shot of the courtroom and avoid focusing strictly on Kohberger in order to stay for the rest of the proceedings.

Taylor cited Fox News Digital’s reporting in Friday’s filing.

Kohberger’s lawyer argued that “press observers have thus far failed to comply with the court’s direction, as the continued publication of images such as those shown below continues to the present day,” citing three pictures made available by Reuters and the Associated Press.

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She argued that the pictures are “a blatant violation of the Court’s directive to cease focusing exclusively on Mr. Kohberger in their own right.” She added that the pictures were later included in articles with “blatantly sensationalistic and prejudicial headlines and content.”

Taylor also argued in the filing that the continued failure of camera operators to comply with the June 27 directive creates the potential for a jury pool to be tainted.

“Observers’ continued failure to comply with the Court’s June 27th directive compounds this problem and results in the potential jury pool’s constant inundation with conclusory accusations and sensationalistic nonsense guised as factual reporting and analysis,” Taylor wrote. “The images and videos provided above were taken during pre-trial court proceedings, but pose no less danger. To the contrary, they gradually poison the potential jury pool prior to trial even occurring, winnowing the number of jurors able to render a just, unbiased verdict.”

Taylor’s motion to remove cameras from the courtroom comes after Kohberger waived his right to a speedy trial during a Wednesday afternoon court hearing, which delays the trial’s start, originally set for Oct. 2.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

Bill Burr hilariously ribs Mannings in simulcast appearance, begs cameras to stop showing 'sad' Mac Jones

Bill Burr provided the comedy on Peyton and Eli Manning’s simulcast of the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears matchup on Monday night.

Burr was the second guest on ESPN’s “ManningCast” and the avid Patriots fan was immediately hit with the reality of talking to the two quarterbacks that tended to torment him during some of Tom Brady’s best seasons with that organization.

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“Can I deal with the nightmare of talking to two Manning brothers? This is like the quarterback anti-Christ for me,” Burr said, spurring laughs from the Manning tandem.

Eli Manning notably defeated the Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI while Peyton Manning bounced the Brady-led Patriots on his way to two Super Bowl rings.

“Those were brutal, they ripped my heart out but fortunately we had some luck a few years ago,” Burr said of the losses to Eli and the Giants. “But when they won on the first one, the helmet catch, the dropped pick, the missed sack, I was like all right it wasn’t our day. But when Eli did it again, I was like this guy’s a gangster.”

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Burr was asked about whether a quarterback controversy was brewing in New England as Bailey Zappe was put into the game for Mac Jones, who started his first game since Week 3. Zappe threw a touchdown pass on his first drive.

“There probably is. I’m just glad I don’t have to make that decision,” Burr said.

The ESPN broadcast then showed Jones on the sideline and Burr said, “Can they stop showing sad Mac Jones on the sideline? We get it, he got taken out of the game.”

To Burr’s dismay, the Bears got the best of the Patriots 33-14.