BALTIMORE — Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby violated a court order last month when she commented about Keith Davis Jr.’s controversial criminal cases on social media, a judge ruled Friday, holding the city’s top prosecutor in contempt of court.
Circuit Court Judge John Nugent fined Mosby $1,500 but said she could avoid that fee if she abided by a more restrictive “gag order” for 90 days. Rather than restraining from comments intended to sway public opinion, as Nugent’s first order required, Mosby would not be allowed to say anything about the case at all under the judge’s proposed mandate.
Mosby, a Democrat in her second term as state’s attorney, did not take the witness stand during Friday’s hearing. She observed arguments from the audience.
