Posted On: February 11, 2008, 7:54 am CST

Posted By: Dustin

Not that there is much love here for Scruggs (except some of the loonies like Kim David), but this will help put this in context and explain the contempt charges. From www.insurancecoverageblog.com:

Instead of returning them, Scruggs called Hood (Scruggs has testified to this), and they made an arrangement to send the docs to Hood in an effort to take advantage of the injunction's law enforcement exception. Now, there are three problems with this course of conduct. One, Hood already had his own copies, so he didn't need any more from Scruggs. Two, the law enforcement exception in the injunction was so Hood wouldn't have to return his own copies, not so he could become the public library for anyone with papers who wants to take it on the lam from the law (it was also so the Rigsbys could cooperate with Hood's criminal investigation without violating the order). Three, it torqued off Judge Acker, who by and by issued an order ripping Scruggs and referring him for prosecution for criminal contempt of court.


Good to see Scruggs setting his for thumbing his nose at the courts!