[#3Fan]

That tells me the Judge wants to be the next Judge Ito!

How do you know that? Do you know if this judge regularly requires the accused to show up for these hearings in these serious cases? If he does, then what he did was in keeping with the way he runs his court.

[nyconse]

Maybe the judge doesn't think celebrity defendents deserve special treatment?

[PhiKapMom]

Simple -- you close a courtroom if you don't want face time! Is that so hard to understand? Don't bother answering!

You believe what you want and I will believe what I want so we can both go our separate ways.