The phrase "alleged contempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a claim or accusation of contempt that has not yet been proven or established.
Example: "The court is reviewing the case concerning the alleged contempt of the defendant during the proceedings."
Alternatives: "purported contempt" or "claimed contempt".
In April 1904 the Senate formed a committee to investigate alleged contempt of Parliament by Hutton, which found that Neild had not been intimidated.
Under Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure when the alleged contempt involves 'disrespect to or criticism of a judge' that judge shall be disqualified.
The Irish high court has dismissed an application to have two daily newspaper editors and two journalists jailed for an alleged contempt of court.
On November 30th one court slapped a sudden, additional sentence of three years on 26 Muslim Brothers, including Muhammad Badie, the group's ageing Supreme Guide, simply for alleged contempt of court.
Though she ran a comparatively centrist campaign in New York, she still came under intense fire not only for her supposedly radical progovernment proposals but for her alleged contempt for her ideological rivals.
The attorney general is seeking an order of committal or other appropriate penalty against Dean Liddle, of Sunderland, and Neil Harkins, of Bridlington, east Yorkshire, for their alleged contempt.
The refusal to obey this order is the contempt alleged.
The contempt alleged was the publication of certain articles and a cartoon, which, it was charged, reflected upon the motives and conduct of the supreme court of Colorado in cases still pending, and were intended to embarrass the court in the impartial administration of justice.
Alleged offence: Contempt of court.
And they insist that sections 51, 52, and 53, Judicial Code (Comp. St. §§ 1033-1035), conthel the venue when such 'statutory contempt' is alleged.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist alleged that Romney displayed "contempt" for the press and assumed that "the news media will not cover me on this.
