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Judge Caproni: Anything?
AUSA Jones: What do you want from us?
Judge Caproni: Just be around. Stay in the courtroom to allow the jury to get out of here. Thank you everybody.
5:29 pm
All rise!
Jurors file in from the side door, into the jury box.
Judge Caproni: I'm going to send you home for the evening. Tomorrow don't start deliberating until all 12 are there.
Jurors leave
5:27 pm
The three brothers have been brought out of the holding cell, each going over to their lawyers. Marc Agnifilo has his hand in his pockets, rocking from right foot to left.
5:25 pm
Others are starting to assemble in the courtroom. The guess is, to send the jurors home for the day. But we'll see
Update of 4:45 pm - US v Alexander brothers jury deliberations continue, with jury in their room and the courtroom empty. Inner City Press remains on alert.
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Update of 3:25 pm - courtroom nearly entirely empty. Inner City Press waiting for notes and esp. verdict, whenever it comes
Live Nations' lawyer: You think Ticketmaster does a good job?
Hurwitz (pause) Yes.
Live Nation lawyer: No further questions.
Live Nation's lawyer Giordano: Didn't Ticketmaster help you during Covid?
Hurwitz: Yes.
Giordano: And it's you who linked shows and ticketing - no one threatened you, right?
Hurwitz: No they didn't
VLOG II US v Live Nation 2d day of witnesses: Geiger of Gate 52, Chi of Irvine CA (strong-armed over amphitheater) and Hurwitz of IMP. Meanwhile, Judge Subramanian granted Inner City Press first application to unseal: courtlistener.com/docket/68557...
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Live Nation's Giordano: Kenny Chesney played Merriweather - and the MetLife just up the road in New Jersey.
Hurwitz: Yes. In our area he doesn't do as well in arena, he's going back to amphitheaters. Elsewhere he's huge, in arenas
2:53 pm- Cross of Hurwitz of IMP
Live Nation's lawyer Jennifer Giordano: The Merriweather Pavilion holds 17,500 - like the Capital One Area, right?
Hurwitz: Yes.
Giordano: You mentioned Kenny Chesney - he switches between types of venues?
Yes.
AUSA: Has Live Nation ever made an offer to buy It's My Party / IMP?
Hurwitz (laughs) Yeah. We had been working with TicketFly, they were bought by somebody not competent.
AUSA: What other DC area amphitheaters are there?
Hurwitz: Jiffy Lube Live.
AUSA: Who runs it?
Hurwitz (laughs) Live Nation. It's a little more corporate.
AUSA Thornburgh: What's your most profitable venue?
Hurwitz: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Columbia MD - distortion]
Judge: Maybe hold the mic back.
Hurwitz: I should know this.
AUSA: Who plays there:
Hurwitz: Philsh... O.A.R.... Kenny Chesney. We have a pool
AUSA Thornburgh: Is IMP succesful?
Hurwitz: I'm happy. Bands want to play our venues. We try to keep tickets low so more people come to shows.
AUSA: Do you allow secondary sales?
Hurwitz: No.
AUSA: Are you familiar with dynamic pricing?
Hurwitz: We don't do it
They've back
Next witness, last for the day (direct only)
Seth Hurwitz of It's My Party (sealer of documents)
AUSA Thornburgh: What venues to you have?
Hurwitz: Among others, 930 and Lincoln, Anthem, Meriweather. And we promote sometimes at Capital One Arena
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Chi: And we found the open amphitheater, without Live Nation, to be viable.
AUSA: No further questions.
Judge Subramanian: Jurors, you may step out
Re-direct
AUSA: Mr. Chi, do you recognize this attachment?
Chi: No. It was provided to me yesterday. But I haven't read it.
AUSA: Flip to Bates Stamp 23. She was asking you about Live Nation's offer to contribute to the amphitheater - did the city analyze it?
Yes
Live Nation's lawyer Moskowitz: Let me show you DX 1085, not to be published to the jury at this time
[So does that mean they will have to docket it, under Judge Subrananian's order on Inner City Press' unsealing application? www.courtlistener.com/docket/68557...
Chi: But Live Nation would have shifted others of their costs to us. And they told us, Ticketmaster would be the ticketer.
Live Nation lawyer Moskowitz: Fair to say Pacific Symphony had some idiosyncratic demands?
Chi: Symphonies are different
Live Nation's Moskowitz: The council voted against Live Nation 3 to 2, right?
Chi: Yes.
LN's Moskowitz: But the Mayor and Mr. Carroll were for Live Nation, right?
Chi: He did express support.
LN's Moskowitz: Didn't Live Nation offer $30 million?
OK, cross of Chi continues.
Live Nation's lawyer Moskowitz: So there was a city council meeting - why?
Chi: To facilitate a vote.
Moskowitz: Fair to say there were difference of opinion on the amphitheater proposals?
Chi: Yes
Courtroom Less Confidential: In US v Live Nation, Inner City Press' filing to unseal now granted by Judge Subramanian, ordering that "the party that moves is responsible for filing the exhibit on the Docket on the week that it is used." But see 24 hour rule we won (in criminal case) 532 F.Supp. 181
