YouTuber Craig Hendry went live on his YouTube channel on Wednesday to remind his followers of his hearing for possible contempt of court charges Thursday morning in Greene County, Indiana.
Hendry claims that the potential charges are not because he accepted (and possibly created) a secretly recorded audio recording of his last hearing in his trial for charges of resisting law enforcement/obstructing and unlawful encroachment on an investigation and played it on his channel, it was because he “humiliated” prosecutor Jarrod D. Holtsclaw in his arguments contained in that recording.
As previously pointed out, due to the proximity of Hendry’s voice compared to everyone else in the courtroom, the recording was obviously recorded by either Hendry himself or someone associated with Hendry sitting near him and recording in secret, in violation of Indiana’s rules about recording in the courtroom.
Hendry’s nearly hour-long video ignored the fact that there are rules against recording in the courtroom and instead focused on the actions of “corrupt” prosecutor Holtsclaw. The YouTuber claimed that prosecutor Holtsclaw ignored the fact that Hendry was double booked on Thursday with another hearing in Vigo County, Indiana, and set the date for a possible contempt hearing despite Hendry’s motion to delay.
While Hendry did say that Holtsclaw’s letter denying Hendry’s motion to delay said that the hearing must go on as planned as witnesses to be presented at the hearing have very limited availability, Hendry did scoff at the claim.
Hendry stated that the only witness was the assistant prosecutor, who was already biased against him due to the fact that she was a member of the prosecutor’s team.
Thursday’s hearing is apparently to meet with the judge to determine whether Hendry should face a hearing for indirect contempt of court. Hendry’s bravado aside, it is still not permitted to record in the courthouse and Hendry playing the “secretly recorded” audio from the trial multiple times on his channel flies in the face of those rules.
If found guilty of contempt of court, Hendry could face fines and jail time that are not included in the jail time he is facing for the original charges. Contempt is treated as a separate act, with a separate hearing and separate punishments from his current trial.
Hendry invited all of his family, friends and viewers to join him at today’s hearing and promised a brunch gathering meet and greet as soon as the event completed.
