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Spamming a Judge Is Contempt of Court

Posted by samzenpus on Friday April 9, 2010 @05:51AM from the I'll-have-your-spam-I-love-it dept.

eldavojohn writes "TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to 30 days in jail because he urged his fans and followers to spam a judge. Apparently the judge (who was deluged with emails) decided that this was an act of contempt of court on the court's 'virtual presence' since nothing happened while the court was in session in regards to Trudeau's courtroom behavior. US Marshals are now trudging through those emails to decide if any are threatening."

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Re:Incited what crime? by sammy+baby · 2010-04-09 06:46 · Score: 4, Funny

You really don't think that an "annoyingly-high volume email campaign" can be legitimately viewed as harassment?
What's your e-mail address again?