Rhodes' attorney asked Judge Julie Kaelin to bar the public and media from access to the hearing, saying mention of his medical issues should be private and the hearing would also include discussions of his past issues his many attorneys, which would violate attorney-client privilege.

Madden’s case is a nightmare for prosecutors because he doesn’t meet Kentucky’s criteria for involuntary hospitalization, a law that says, in part, people can only be held against their will if they benefit from treatment, even if they are mentally ill and considered dangerous.