NEW YORK, July 26 — A disbarred American lawyer, who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was found guilty today of criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit brought by the oil company.
Lawyers for the prosecution and Chevron representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The contempt case is the latest twist in a long-running battle stemming from Donziger’s representation of villagers in Ecuador’s Lago Agrio region, who sought to hold Chevron liable for water and soil contamination in the jungle between 1964 and 1992.
Donziger won a US$9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court in 2011. But the company sued Donziger in Manhattan federal court later that year, claiming he and his associates pressured the presiding judge in Ecuador.
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