Judge keeps most documents sealed in Senate candidate divorce case

[Kadie]

Posted on Thu, Jun. 17, 2004

Judge keeps most documents sealed in Senate candidate divorce case

GARY GENTILE
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A judge ruled Thursday that most of the potentially embarrassing documents related to a custody battle involving Illinois Republican Senate candidate Jack Ryan and his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan should remain sealed.

But Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider did rule that certain portions of the documents should be released because of Ryan's high-profile candidacy. Schnider acknowledged that some of those documents contained information that would likely harm the couple's 9-year-old son.

"The overriding public interest must be served here," Schnider said.

Ryan's candidacy "establishes even a broader interest of the public to know claims about behavior that may be damaging to him, may be embarrassing to him, and may harm the child," Schnider said.

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[Hailtothechimp]

1. He doesn't have a chance to win, so why does this matter?

Barack Obama, Ryan's opponent, is the real thing. And Illinois is as blue a state as you will find.