A
lawyer
for
the
owners
of
Camp
Mystic,
the
Texas
camp
hit
by
a
flash
flood
that
tragically
led
to
the
deaths
of
27
people
including
25
children,
closed
out
a
a
long
day
of
hearings
by
telling
the
lawyers
for
the
family
of
a
dead
child
whose
body
has
never
been
recovered,
“you’re
gonna
burn
in
hell.”
You
know,
“see
you
tomorrow,”
works
just
fine.
On
the
third
and
final
day
of
an
evidentiary
hearing
in
the
lawsuit
against
Camp
Mystic,
Brad
Beckworth,
an
attorney
for
the
parents
of
one
of
the
8-year-old
victims
of
the
disaster,
told
the
court
that
Camp
Mystic
lawyer
Thomas
Wright
of
Wright
Close
Barger
&
Guzman
had
informed
him
and
co-counsel
Christina
Yarnell
the
previous
evening
that
they
were
going
to
burn
in
hell.
And
the
KXAN
local
news
has
footage.
The
exchange
arose
after
a
tense
hearing.
Beckworth
told
the
court
that
he
had
approached
another
lawyer
for
the
camp,
Jeff
Ray,
to
tell
him,
“You
know
maybe
before
you
talk
about
the
integrity
of
me
and
my
team,
maybe
you
just
ought
to
ask
us
about
the
facts.”
Harsh,
but
within
the
bounds
of
professional
conversation.
Another
lawyer
from
the
Camp
Mystic
team
acknowledged
that
it
was
a
good
idea.
According
to
Beckworth,
that’s
when
Wright
entered
the
chat
to
say
“You’re
gonna
burn
in
hell,”
before
telling
Yarnell
that
she
would
also,
in
fact,
be
burning
in
hell.
Camp
Mystic’s
attorneys
objected
when
Beckworth
tried
to
raise
this
conversation
in
court.
Not
that
it
didn’t
happen,
but
that
it
was
relevant
to
the
questioning
of
the
current
witness.
Judge
Maya
Guerra
Gamble
was
not
amused.
“Did
this
happen
in
my
courtroom,
or
somewhere
else?”
she
asked,
with
the
plaintiff
side
of
the
table
more
or
less
nodding
in
unison.
For
his
part,
Beckworth
said
he
wasn’t
as
much
complaining
about
the
remark,
as
citing
this
as
indicative
of
Camp
Mystic’s
posture,
which
he
argued
has
been
resistant
to
the
court’s
authority.
“I
believe
in
March,
I
explicitly
told
all
the
lawyers
who
were
present
that
all
the
rules
that
apply
when
I’m
in
the
courtroom,
apply
when
I
step
out
of
the
courtroom,”
Gamble
said.
“I
don’t
know
what
happened…
but
any
amount
of
that
conversation
that
happened
would
be
against
the
rules
in
this
courtroom
—
whether
I’m
here
or
I’m
not
here.”
That’s
the
judicial
equivalent
of
“I’m
not
mad,
I’m
just
disappointed.”
Wright’s
firm
issued
a
statement
saying
it
did
not
condone
the
remarks
and
that
the
firm
had
apologized
to
plaintiffs’
counsel
before
court
began
Wednesday.
Wright
himself
provided
a
statement
to
KXAN:
After
a
long
day
in
court,
my
emotions
were
running
high,
and
I
let
them
get
the
best
of
me.
For
that
I
sincerely
apologize
to
both
attorneys,
to
the
court
and
to
all
involved.
I
do
not
wish
to
cause
any
distractions
during
this
trial
or
any
distress
to
the
family
of
Cile
Steward
or
any
of
the
families
of
Camp
Mystic.
Long
days
happen.
Most
attorneys
manage
not
to
tell
the
other
side
they’re
going
to
burn
in
hell.
Some
things
you
can
just
keep
to
yourself.
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