Prosecutors in the Aurora theater-shooting case have re-iterated their request that victims’ names be redacted from court documents, saying that victims and their families continue to suffer harassment from conspiracy theorists.

The most recent request was made in a filing dated Tuesday and later made public on the court’s website. In the filing — signed by Lisa Teesch-Maguire, the prosecution team’s victims’ rights specialist — prosecutors say victims “have expressed concerns for their privacy, and personal safety.” Some victims are key witnesses in the case, the filing states.

“The District Attorney’s Office is concerned that the release of these Victim(s)’ name(s) in the public Court file will adversely affect the administration of justice in this case,” Teesch-Maguire writes.

Since the July 20 shooting that killed 12 and injured 58 by gunfire, victims and their families have been subject to harassment online and in person from conspiracy theorists. At least one victim and one witness have been impersonated in motions purportedly filed in their name. At least one blog questioning the truth of the shooting has posted victims’ personal information and photos from Facebook.

Teesch-Maguire writes in her filing that victims’ home addresses and phone numbers have been posted online, as well.

Citing the same concerns, prosecutors previously asked the judge overseeing the case to redact victims’ names from the court file. The judge, 18th Judicial District Chief Judge William Sylvester, declined and ordered some victims’ names that had been redacted unsealed. Sylvester said redacting names that had previously been made public “would be largely symbolic and have very little practical effect.”

Teesch-Maguire’s Tuesday filing was a response to the city of Aurora’s request that Sylvester lift or modify the gag order in the case. A group of media organizations, including The Denver Post, has also asked that Sylvester unseal the arrest and search-warrant affidavits in the case. Attorneys for James Holmes, the theater-shooting suspect, say they want the gag order to stay in place.

Prosecutors also oppose lifting the gag order or releasing the documents. If Sylvester decides to release them, though, Teesch-Maguire asked that victims’ names be redacted.

“It is not futile for the Court to redact these Victim(s)’ name(s) from the public Court file at this time because the redaction of this Witness’s name from the public Court file will both prevent future unnecessary harm to these Victim(s) and signal to the public, and to the Victim(s), that the Court is concerned with the careful administration of justice in this case and with these particular Victim(s)’ abilities to continue to cooperate with the criminal justice system in this case,” Teesch-Maguire writes in the filing.

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