HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - An attorney for prominent Houston defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin is pushing back against allegations from the Harris County District Attorney's Office that DeGuerin violated a gag order by talking to the media in the ongoing capital murder prosecution of Lee Gilley.

DA's office general counsel Joshua Reiss filed a motion for a show cause hearing on Wednesday, alleging that DeGuerin's comments flew in the face of a gag order entered in the case in May by Judge Peyton Peebles.

"DeGuerin's disregard for the court's order, and transparent efforts to influence the jury pool, will only get worse as trial approaches if the court does not hold a show cause hearing," Reiss wrote in the filing, noting that his comments couldn't be attributed to a "rookie mistake." DeGuerin made comments to the media earlier this month after an Italian court temporarily blocked Gilley's extradition, citing concerns over possible death penalty punishment in Texas.