New Trial Request Seeks Justice in Covid Case

The New American ^ | November 1, 2025 | Rebecca Terrell

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Following the verdict, Scott told The New American that an appeal was unlikely. However, the Scharas are now petitioning the circuit court of Outagamie County for a new trial based on evidence they say has recently come to light.

The New Motion

Scott’s motion describes bias on the part of the judge in the previous trial. “During my pretrial hearing on May 20, 2025, after one of my attorneys informed Judge [Mark] McGinnis that I had given an interview to the Appleton Post-Crescent several days prior, Judge McGinnis stated that he found that offensive and that there would be a consequence and then he summarily denied all of my motions in limine,” reads Scott’s affidavit supporting his combined motions for reconsideration and a new trial. (A “motion in limine” is a pretrial request that particular testimony or evidence not be presented in the trial court.)

The affidavit continues:

It was not until September 10, 2025, that I had any knowledge or reason to believe that Judge McGinnis might have a personal resentment toward the Post-Crescent. It was only then that I learned that the Post-Crescent, on January 24, 2024, had published an article critical of Judge McGinnis and his rulings alleging that they were based upon his personal bias.

Had Judge McGinnis, on May 20, 2025, upon learning of my interview with the local publication, informed me of the above facts, I could have asked for his recusal or sought his removal from my case for bias.

My trial attorneys did not inform me of the Post-Crescent’s criticisms of Judge McGinnis, and my late discovery of this information did not arise from a lack of diligence on my part in seeking to discover it.

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