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Difficult to say, and you'll note that their (U.S.) lawyer refused to comment further on his instructions not to appear for the arraignment.
That indicates to me that he doesn't want to be dragged in to the consequences of their actions, and doesn't want to be caught out lying or exacerbating the situation so has just refused to comment to the media.
If the prosecution is successful in getting a court ruling that BoS explain their instructions to their US legal counsel not to appear, and they ignore that then things could get quite nasty, I believe - don't forget the US's "special relationship" extradition deal with the UK government; they might even try that route.
My own opinion is that they may be about to try the "You have no jurisdiction over us, therefore we don't recognise your charges" approach. I would have thought that was difficult to justify, given the fact that BoS has recognised the US Court's authority in the civil case (ie closing off US facing sites and agreeing to return deposits to US players)
I'd be surprised if Mr. Demerath was not in the picture on BoS's overall strategy.
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