HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - Attorney Norm Pattis files a motion requesting a post-trial hearing on potential jury misconduct in the trial of his client, former Connecticut budget official Kosta Diamantis.
Pattis points to Juror 22, whose name isn't allowed to be released due to federal restrictions, who said while they were not aware of the case ahead of time, other jurors were.
In the motion, Pattis references the court's voir dire process on October 3, 2025:
The only juror acknowledging reading anything about the case to serve on the jury was juror 61. According to the comments made by the foreperson to the press, multiple jurors were aware of the press. If the foreperson was correct, then one or more jurors was not candid with the Court during voir dire, or, despite repeated admonitions by the Court during trial to avoid media coverage of the trial, nonetheless read or otherwise became aware of coverage without notifying the Court.
In the motion, Pattis notes that the statement also violates the trial court's order to jurors not to discuss their deliberations with anyone, including the press.
"Simple logic suggests that one or more jurors in this case were either exposed to potentially prejudicial pre-trial publicity in this case and failed to disclose it, or that one or more jurors were exposed to potentially prejudicial publicity during trial," said Pattis in the motion.