Just as I have suspended my labors at explaining how depositions can go and how defendants can behave, here is an enchanting example from Lowering the Bar, involving a oh-gee-we-all-wish-he-wasn’t-considered-a celebrity:<\/p>\n
“He has put a lot of this foolish behavior behind him,” said Joe Francis’s lawyer in 2007, but guess what? He had plenty left.\u00a0 Back then, Mr. Francis,\u00a0who some of you may know as\u00a0the purveyor of “Girls Gone Wild” videos, was about to do a month in jail on contempt charges for yelling obscenities during a mediation. \u00a0His lawyer was suggesting that Francis had turned over a new leaf,\u00a0but that has now been called into question.<\/em><\/p>\n On\u00a0June 11, a federal magistrate judge recommended that a default judgment be entered against Francis\u00a0in another case, a proposed class action on behalf of\u00a0young women that Francis allegedly exploited by\u00a0filming them allegedly going wild. \u00a0Plaintiffs there had moved for default on the grounds that Francis was not cooperating with discovery requirements. \u00a0The district judge had deferred ruling on that motion to see how things might go at an upcoming deposition. \u00a0He told Francis’s current attorney (his third in the case) that “the only thing that is saving your client right now is the optimism I have that your appearance [to represent him here] is going to be a turn for the better and that our old problems are over with.”<\/em><\/p>\n Since you are reading about this on Lowering the Bar, you can probably guess how that turned out.<\/em><\/p>\n That is only the beginning of the story. Read on for the rest: Defendant Gone Wild – Lowering the Bar<\/a>. Which will include, at the bottom (that is a pun, as you will learn), a brief description of Mr. Francis’s behavior during a deposition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just as I have suspended my labors at explaining how depositions can go and how defendants can behave, here is an enchanting example from Lowering the Bar, involving a oh-gee-we-all-wish-he-wasn’t-considered-a celebrity: “He has put a lot of this foolish behavior … Continue reading