--- description: Cinemark attorneys want Aurora shooting victims who sued the theater unsuccessfully to pay the theater's nearly $700,000 in legal costs. title: Cinemark Attorneys Want Aurora Shooting Victims to Cover $700,000 in Legal Fees image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8aadb66ad1a467b/69889a44cd1bbaae26701547/aurora-shooting-attorneys-victims-legal-fees.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cinemark Attorneys Want Aurora Shooting Victims to Cover $700,000 in Legal Fees  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 7:50 PM CUT  A view of the remodeled exterior facade of the Cinemark Century 16 Theaters in 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. The theater was the site of a mass shooting on July 20, 2012. A view of the remodeled exterior facade of the Cinemark Century 16 Theaters in 2013 in Aurora, Colorado. The theater was the site of a mass shooting on July 20, 2012.Marc Piscotty—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 7:50 PM CUT Cinemark attorneys [want Aurora shooting victims](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cinemark-attorneys-want-aurora-shooting-victims-to-pay-700k-legal-fees/ "undefined") who sued the theater unsuccessfully to pay the theater’s nearly $700,000 in legal costs. The lawyers filed a bill of costs for $699,187.13 a Colorado court earlier this month, to cover money spent on preserving evidence, copying records, travel, and more, CBS reports. More than 24 survivors of the attack [had sued the theater](https://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/30/cinemark-aurora-theater-shooting-victims-legal-fees/ "undefined") for not providing appropriate security measures to prevent [the shooter’s](http://time.com/3962030/james-holmes-aurora-colorado-shooter-guilty/ "undefined") rampage on [July 20, 2012](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/20/eyewitness-accounts-of-the-aurora-batman-shooting/ "undefined") that killed 12 and wounded 70\. Last month, a jury ruled in Cinemark’s favor. Colorado courts allow winning parties in lawsuits to recover their legal costs from the losing side in civil cases. A judge did not immediately answer Cinemark’s request. \[[_CBS News_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cinemark-attorneys-want-aurora-shooting-victims-to-pay-700k-legal-fees/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4390293/aurora-attorneys-victims-legal-fees-cover-costs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4390293/aurora-attorneys-victims-legal-fees-cover-costs/"},"headline":"Cinemark Attorneys Want Aurora Shooting Victims to Cover $700,000 in Legal Fees","datePublished":"2016-06-30T19:50:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:59:46.994Z","description":"More than two dozen victims of the shooting sued the theater and lost","url":"https://time.com/4390293/aurora-attorneys-victims-legal-fees-cover-costs/","keywords":["Colorado","Crime","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8aadb66ad1a467b/69889a44cd1bbaae26701547/aurora-shooting-attorneys-victims-legal-fees.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8aadb66ad1a467b/69889a44cd1bbaae26701547/aurora-shooting-attorneys-victims-legal-fees.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"aurora shooting attorneys victims legal fees","caption":"aurora shooting attorneys victims legal fees","creditText":"Marc Piscotty—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4390293/aurora-attorneys-victims-legal-fees-cover-costs/","name":"Cinemark Attorneys Want Aurora Shooting Victims to Cover $700,000 in Legal Fees"}}]}] ```