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[–] DeadPand@midwest.social 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Being held in contempt, is that like ‘jail’ for the too rich to be jailed??

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ordinarily someone held in contempt would be hit with huge fines, or jailed. Orangieboi was fined $9000, which is the equivalent of you being fined 1/100th of a penny.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

1000 is the maximum fine they can give per instance.

Think he got hit with 9. Most people would have gotten the "up to 30 days in jail" by now though.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

In addition to the fines. $9000 to an ordinary person is a huge sum of money. To a billionaire, it's not even their lunch meal bill.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

If the fine is a fixed amount like that, the law is saying that poor people will be punished while rich people won't.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago

Most fines in US law are like that.

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He faces a fine right now,and seeing as the related instances occurred before the judge stressed that further violations will result in being jailed, this is the end of his rope. No more chances.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’ll believe it when I see it

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

Hopefully we won't need to wait long

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

end of his rope

promise?