United States district judge William H. Orrick's Wednesday judgment is the latest turn in Planned Parenthood's retaliatory lawsuit against Daleiden and four others, which it launched after the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released undercover videos in 2015 exposing the abortion giant's trafficking in aborted baby body parts.

(Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, then California attorney general, also began a criminal prosecution of Daleiden and CMP investigator Sandra Merritt that led to multiple felony charges against them under the state's anti-eavesdropping law.)

In November, after a six-week civil trial with Orrick presiding, a jury took less than two days to find CMP and its investigators guilty of multiple crimes, including violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, wiretapping, and engaging in civil conspiracy.

They also rendered a judgement of $2.3 million in damages against the defendants, who include Daleiden, Merritt, CMP investigative journalist Geraldo Adrian Lopez, and CMP founding board members Troy Newman of Operation Rescue and veteran pro-life activist Albin Rhomberg.

Orrick concurred with the jury's verdict in a April 29 decision that found the defendants "jointly and severally" liable for $1,555,084 and for punitive damages assessed individually that total around $800,000.

Lawyers for the defendants then filed post-trial motions with Orrick asking for a new trial, a reduction of all charges, and an end to the injunction banning the pro-life defendants from going undercover at Planned Parenthood conferences.

"We challenged everything," said Peter Breen, senior counsel for the Thomas More Society, which is defending Daleiden.

But Orrick, who formerly sat on the board of a San Francisco non-profit that houses a Planned Parenthood facility, denied all motions in his August 19 ruling.

Moreover, he ordered defendants to pay a $600,000 bond within 14 days as a surety to secure their right to appeal.

The consequences for Daleiden and CMP if the appeal bond condition is not met will be disastrous, Breen told LifeSiteNews in a telephone interview.

"If we cannot post a $600,000 bond in this 14-day period, Planned Parenthood's high-priced collections lawyers can come after David with asset seizures, garnishments and strip him and the Center for Medical Progress bare" and "cripple" his pro-life work, Breen said.

"They can take everything. They can take all of his possessions. They can even come get his car. When we're able to travel again, how would he even have the money to travel? You can't even imagine the tools that shrewd collections lawyers have at their disposal to take every dime you have, or nearly every dime you have, in situations like this."

The Thomas More Society is helping Daleiden raise money to pay the bond, which will "secure our right to go on appeal and get this jury verdict overturned," Breen told LifeSiteNews... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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