“You don’t like my rulings? You don’t say ‘jeez’. You don’t roll your eyes. Do you understand that?”
While in the middle of asking the jury to return, the judge fired back: “Are you staring me down right now? Clear the courtroom.”
“Sir, your conduct is contemptuous right now." I’m putting you on notice that your conduct is contemptuous. If you try to stare me down one more time, I will remove you from the stand. I will strike his entire testimony. Do you understand me?”
Mr Costello then asked whether he could respond.
“No. No. This is not a conversation.”
