Tamara Curtis, a member of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defense counsel, is under investigation by the Florida state bar association, a spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast.
The Florida bar’s probe was first reported by Miami-based station. In a statement to The Daily Beast, bar association spokesperson Jennifer Krell Davis confirmed that the investigation was ongoing but did not elaborate.
The bar investigation’s subject and scope were unclear as of Thursday night, as was the exact date the inquiry was launched. A call to the office of Melisa McNeill, Cruz’s chief public defender, was not immediately returned. In footage of the incident, Curtis appears to catch sight of a courtroom camera, making an inaudible comment to a woman sitting next to her. The woman seems to suggest the gesture, herself flashing a brief middle finger while looking at Curtis. The assistant public defender then moves her hands to her cheek.
Other parents echoed his words in Wednesday’s hearing. Annika Dworet, who attended every day of the trial alongside her husband after their 17-year-old son, Nicholas Dworet, was killed by Cruz, reprimanded the defense for “holding, touching, and giggling with this cold-blooded murderer.” She called the behavior “disgusting and unprofessional.”
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