"NEW YORK - A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades trying to prove Chevron Corp polluted Ecuador's rainforest was found guilty on Monday by a U.S. judge of six counts of criminal contempt.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan ruled that attorney Steven Donziger "repeatedly and willfully" defied court orders, including by failing to turn over his computer, phones and other electronic devices.
"It's time to pay the piper," Preska wrote in a 241-page decision, following a five-day trial with no jury in May.
In a statement, Donziger pledged to appeal. He called the decision an "obvious travesty of justice" designed to validate Chevron's "demonize Donziger" strategy, and renewed his claim that Preska structured the trial to make him "appear guilty.""
Sebastien Malo reports for Reuters July 26, 2021.
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