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Judge Closes Courtroom to Public Stream to Protect Minors’ Privacy in Two Review Hearings
Summary
In a separate Zoom hearing, the judge closed the courtroom to public streaming at defense and counsel request to protect the confidentiality of two minor children, Jacob Cole and Chance Brown. Counsel made an unopposed motion to remove YouTube/live stream access.
At the start of a separate review hearing for Jacob Cole and Chance Brown, court counsel requested that the hearing be removed from the public YouTube live stream to protect the minors' privacy. Stacy Zavala, representing the boys, asked the court to ‘‘go off of YouTube’’ because some matters to be discussed would be private. Another attorney concurred; no party objected.
The judge granted the request and closed the courtroom to the public stream to protect the confidentiality of the minor children. Daniel Bridal announced for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services that Jordan Zavala (permanency specialist, transcript) was present; attorneys for the parents and children were also on the record. The court did not place case details on the public stream while private matters were discussed.
The closure was made by judicial order on the record and was undertaken to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the minor children. No further case-specific substantive rulings were stated on the public record in the portion of the transcript provided.
