The Associated Press reported Thursday on the ongoing legal woes offormer USA Today reporter Toni Locy, whostillfaces the prospect ofpaying fees and attorney’s costs afterrefusing to reveal her sources inonetime government scientist Steven Hatfill’s Privacy Act lawsuit.
Locy’s supporters had hoped Hatfill’s $5.8 million settlement with the Justice Department this summer would spell the end of her tumultuousinvolvement with his case: U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton earlier this yearordered herto identifysources she used in reporting on the government’s investigation into the 2001anthrax attacks, which at one point focused on Hatfill.(He has since been cleared.)
Locy refused to give up her sources, and ended up with a contempt order and escalating legal fines of up to $5,000 a day.
Those fines were stayed while Locy appealed the order. A ruling on her appeal is still pending.
Last month, though, Hatfill filed a motion seeking the dismissal of Locy’s appealand indicating he would seek tocollect attorney fees from her — certain to be a sizeable tab of its own, at this point.Locy responded byasking the appeals court not to dismiss her case.
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