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From Motown To Your Town;4305327 said:
Will a list of who was deposed be available? I'm wondering if Crow will be brought in seeing how she ran her mouth about S and LN.
Regarding Crow, I'm sure Finaldi and co. will be 'on the case' of everyone who was on tour with MJ when S'chuck was around, and will do their level best to get people to say ANYthing that might cast doubt on MJ's propriety with kids. Finaldi's team will have to scrape the bottom of every barrel to try and find something he can use. Since these two complainants are lying Finaldi will have to use whatever he can get, and will use whatever tactics he can to get it.
As to whether we will see a list of all those deposed (by both sides) - I'm not sure. Little fragments about the depos. appear in the public realm from time to time (via fans) but I'm not sure how these fans get the information. (They may be making requests to purchase the transcripts- see 2nd article below). Other information appears when the people deposed / called to deposition are accused by Finaldi of not co-operating, and brought to court for sanctions. That's how we know about Yoshi, Spence and Chandler-case people. (Not J. Chandler himself so far, sadly - it may be that he hasn't been / can't be subpoena'd in this case.)
People deposed do have right to privacy, and I found an interesting article which discusses this:
The article is mainly suggesting that people deposed may not have to answer certain questions eg if their 'financial' or 'sexual' privacy will be breached.
What makes American litigation unique is the very powerful discovery tools available to any party in the litigation. The tools include sets of written questions that must be answered under oath (interrogatories) and demands for production of documents that must be delivered to opposing parties for copying. Even more powerful is the right to compel a party or witness to appear before a court reporter and answer questions that are recorded and may be used in court (depositions.) Such depositions are often videotaped.
No other nation allows such rights to a party and conflicts over what is appropriate discovery abound in our legal system. Most cases are won or lost in discovery and since over 90% of cases settle before trial, it is in discovery that most attorneys develop the evidence to convince a mediator, settlement judge, or the other parties to make appropriate offers of settlement.
One of the areas that can be in dispute is the right of a witness or party to preserve privacy rights in the midst of such discovery. Such a right does exist, and balancing those rights with the right of a party to seek discovery of relevant evidence is the scope of this article.
Powers of the Court.
The parties may seek a protective order under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 26, subdivision (c) in order to protect the relevant privacy interest. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 26, subdivision (c) states that the court “may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense,” including:
1. Prohibiting disclosure or discovery;
2. Conditioning disclosure or discovery on specified terms, “including a designation of the time or the place”;
3. Permitting discovery be had by a method other than selected by the party seeking discovery; or
4. Limiting the scope of disclosure or discovery to certain matters.
https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/right-privacy-california-and-federal-discorvery
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This next article gives information about obtaining a deposition from the court- it says they need to be applied for and can be protected.
I wonder if a certain doc. maker is applying for any of the depos. in this case....?
Deposition Transcripts - Who Can Get What?
6/12/2015 | by Heather Duncan, Esq.
Unlike most trial transcripts, a deposition transcript and the audio or video of deposition testimony are not public records. All parties to a case in which a deposition is taken, as well as a deponent are entitled to obtain a copy of a deposition transcript. However, there are limitations on a third party’s right to obtain a certified copy from the court reporter.
If all parties and the deponent have stipulated, or there has been a court order, a certified deposition transcript may be provided to a third party by the court reporter pursuant to the terms outlined in the order or stipulation.
Other methods of obtaining transcripts and videos may apply to cases filed in jurisdictions outside of the California state courts.
For cases filed in California state courts, absent a court order or stipulation of all parties and the deponent, a request for a copy of a deposition transcript made by a non-party requires a 30-day notice, allowing parties the time to seek a protective order under CCP 2025.570 (b). If a protective order is not served on the deposition officer, the third party is entitled to purchase a certified copy of the transcript.
https://www.networkdepo.com/blog/Bl...ng transcripts,of the California state courts.
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