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Hon. Kristen Brauchle Hawkins
Judge, 11th Judicial District Court
Harris County Civil Courthouse
201 Caroline Street, 9th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
RE: Cause No. 2021-79885; Astroworld Litigation MDL No.: 21-1033; In the
11th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas
Dear Judge Hawkins:
We write to bring the Court’s attention to the upcoming release of a film concerning
the Astroworld concert titled Concert Crush. The film has received recent publicity
in the Houston area.
The film’s website, www.concertcrush.com, indicates it was co-produced by
attorney Ricardo Ramos, who represents plaintiffs in 20 cases pending in this MDL.
The film includes interviews with Ramos, two members of the Plaintiffs’ Executive
Committee—Brent Coon and Tony Buzbee—and as many as eight Astroworld
plaintiffs. See https://www.concertcrushfilm.com/crew.html (attached as Exhibit
1). Mr. Ramos not only co-produced the film but appears in its trailer (available on
the film’s website), offering his opinions on the parties and events at issue in this
litigation. During the Court’s March 28, 2022 status conference, Mr. Coon
suggested that other plaintiffs’ attorneys may be involved:
“We know that a documentary is actually going to be hitting the
major theaters probably this summer and we provided interviews to
them last year and experts. I know several other firms have talked
to them, I’m not sure Mr. Hilliard’s firm has, some of the firms have
interviewed with the production company.”
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Hon. Kristen Brauchle Hawkins
Judge, 11th Judicial District Court
April 8, 2022
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Transcript, March 28, 2022 at 77: 1-7 (attached as Exhibit 2).
The film is scheduled to be shown in certain Texas theaters starting on April 11,
before a wider release in Texas cities later this month. The involvement of
plaintiffs' lawyers in the film, and the publicity the filmmakers and producers are
trying to generate for it, 1 raise significant issues about efforts to taint the jury pool.
Although the parties and Intervenor ABC News have agreed they will benefit from
additional time to discuss the pending motions regarding the Court' s February 15
Publicity Order before the Court hears argument on them, we believe it is important
for the Court to be aware of the Concert Crush film and the involvement of some
plaintiffs' lawyers in its content, production, and promotion.
Sincerely,
Co-Liaison Counsel for Defendants
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