Lauren Boebert’s Son Rebuked by Judge After Showing Up Without Lawyer

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s son still does not have a lawyer two months after his arrest—and the presiding judge is not happy about it.

Tyler Boebert appeared in court on May 9 to confirm the details regarding his legal representation and to state whether he had chosen to hire an attorney or obtain a public defender.

At his last appearance with 9th Judicial District Judge John F. Neiley in April, Tyler Boebert had been instructed to apply for a public defender immediately in order to speed up the process while looking for an attorney.

However, Tyler Boebert told Judge Neiley that he had failed to secure either. He previously said: “We are working to hire an attorney, but it’s just been kind of hard with the prices.”

Judge Neiley expressed disappointment for the delay. Addressing Tyler Boebert, he said: “I wish you had turned in that application a little sooner. If you’ve done that, you just have to wait for the public defender to make their decision.”

Tyler Boebert told the judge that he had been deciding how to proceed regarding his legal representation and was waiting to decide what he was going to do. He told Neiley: “It seems like I do have options. But I’m still waiting to get the 100 percent.”

Judge Neiley made further allowances for Tyler Boebert, telling him: “We can set this off for a little bit of time for you to make that decision.”

The judge confirmed that they would reconvene on June 13.

The 19-year-old son of Representative Lauren Boebert is currently facing several counts, 22 charges, including one felony count of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, according to Colorado’s Rifle Police Department and documents from Garfield County Jail.

Other charges include alleged misdemeanors, property thefts and breaking into cars in his hometown of Rifle, Colorado.

These incidents follow on from several other controversies that have followed Tyler Boebert, including crashing his father’s car aged 17 and allegedly making a sex tape with a fellow suspect in the current case.

In a statement previously sent to Newsweek, Rep Boebert said of her son: “I love my son Tyler Boebert, who has been through some very difficult, public challenges for a young man and the subject of attention that he didn’t ask for. It breaks my heart to see my child struggling and, in this situation, especially when he has been provided multiple opportunities to get his life on track. I will never give up on him and I will continue to be there for him.”