In the underlying highly-publicized prosecution of a well-known entertainment-industry figure for felonious sexual misconduct, Supreme Court properly closed the Molineux/Sandoval hearing to the public and sealed documents relating to that hearing. While the First Amendment guarantees the public and the press a qualified right of access to criminal trials (see Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v Virginia,
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