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January 31, 2026 at 9:32 AM

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OK, I'm going to stop here for the night, and pick it up Sunday.

I had more endurance 6 years ago.

But I will pick this back up, because, damn. It's so much more enlightening - and educational, for me - to read this again now, with actual experience under my belt.

January 31, 2026 at 8:25 AM

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Really monumentally amazing how bad this keeps getting.

And how AMAZINGLY TERRIBLE Ty the Silent Attorney is.

Because "You don't hug children anymore" is 1000000%%% an objectionable question. It is a very very objectionable question. It is a "do you still beat your wife" compound question.

22 Q. And do you still hug and kiss your fans?
23 A. No.
24 Q. Do you hug them at all?
25 A. They hug me, occasionally, and I -- it's funny,

1 because as this has been happening in the events that
2 I've attended since then, it -- I have never hugged
3 anyone or asked them to hug me, but if a fan, who is
4 clearly an adult, says, can I give you a hug, I will
5 look at my handler, who is right here, arm's length
6 away, witnessing everything, and say, Did you hear that
7 she requested a hug? And I will usually do kind of a
8 one little, one hand thing.
9 Q. And -- and do you restrict that to adults?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. Meaning you don't hug children anymore?
12 A. No.
13 Q. And you don't kiss on children anymore?
14 A. No.
15 Q. Do you agree with me that's kind of creepy,
16 right?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Not creepy?
19 A. Not when they ask you.
20 Q. I mean, is there an age limit in which a child
21 can ask you to kiss and hug on them and you say that's
22 creepy?
23 A. You see, when you say kiss, it sounds like
24 something sexual, but somebody who is kissing a child on

January 31, 2026 at 8:17 AM

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This part is good on multiple levels. First of all, goes to continuing to hammer home the sex pestiness. Second, the combination of "I don't do much of my sleeping around on my partner at conventions" and the refusal to give any answer but "where I choose" to the "where do you do it" is beautiful.

16 Q. Wouldn't it be better to say 'I had sex with
17 Vic' to get attention, as opposed to say 'Vic assaulted
18 me'?
19 A. Oh, I'm sure, give it time, or if you haven't
20 seen it, I'm sure somebody out there would say that.
21 Q. But -- and that may or may not be true, right,
22 you've -- you have had sex with --
23 A. Consensually, yes.
24 Q. In fact, you've had sex with so many people
25 consensually, you're not sure what the number is. And

when I say people, I'm talking about people at these
2 conventions, right?
3 A. No.
4 Q. Do you know the number?
5 A. No. But it's not all at conventions, is my
6 point. I don't do that very much at conventions.
7 Q. Where do you reserve that behavior for?
8 A. Where I choose.

January 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM

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"Have you ever told anyone you hired prostitutes or escorts" and "Did you ever tell anyone you hired prostitutes or escorts" are different in subtle but important ways.

Also, attorneys, do you generally permit your client to confess to crimes in a deposition without even a token objection?

Q. Have you ever stated to anyone that you, in the
22 last 10 years, that you hired prostitutes or escorts?
23 A. I have.
24 Q. And who would you have said that to?
25 A. Oh, I don't remember who I said it to. I -- I

1 thought you were asking me if I ever have.
2 Q. Well, that would have been a follow-up
3 question.
4 A. Sorry.
5 Q. So the follow-up question is, have you ever
6 hired prostitutes or escorts?
7 A. I did once, yes.
8 Q. And when was that?
9 A. Probably eight or nine years ago.

January 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM

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But admitting to an unknown but probably in the 5 to 50 range number of "mistakes" while engaged is maybe less sub-ideal when trying to beat sex pest allegations than a detailed discussion of an allegedly failed attempt at twincest.

Yes, really.

Note the number of objections during this exchange.

3 Q. Okay. So with regard to the twin ladies, do
4 you know their names?
5 A. Yes.
6 Q. And who are they?
7 A. XXXX and XXXXX XXXX.
8 Q. And how do you know them?
9 A. They had come to at least three or four
10 conventions that I was a guest at. They would always
11 come to my autograph table and to my Q and A sessions
12 and sit in the front row and come and say hello, and --
13 Q. All right. And what was -- how did Ms. Denbow
14 explain that particular allegation?
15 A. She said, Do you recall inviting two girls,
16 twins, two women, to your room at a convention. And I
17 said yes. And she said, Do you recall forcibly kissing
18 one of them, which I did not.
19 Q. All right. So -- and what did you tell -- what
20 was your recollection that you relayed to Ms. Denbow?
21 A. My recollection was that I had seen these --
22 these two ladies at multiple conventions, and I was
23 under the very clear impression that they were
24 interested or attracted to me. And they were very kind,
25 attractive, friendly young ladies.

1 And so after the fourth or fifth time that
2 I saw them at an event, one night or one day I asked, I
3 don't remember when, I asked them if they would -- if
4 they wanted to come to my room. I invited them to my
5 room. They came, voluntarily. I let them in. One of
6 them sat on the bed, the other one sat in a chair in the
7 room, and I sat in another chair in the room.
8 We made some small talk, and then they
9 asked me why I invited them to my room. And I said,
10 Well, I was under the impression that there was a lot of
11 mutual attraction going on here and I thought maybe you
12 might be interested in -- in some -- you know, in some
13 kind of a sexual interaction. They told me they were
14 not, I said okay, and they left.
15 Q. Do you remember what time frame this would be,
16 what year?
17 A. No. It was several years ago.
18 Q. It was while you were engaged to Ms. Specht,
19 though?
20 A. Yes, sir.
21 Q. And your intent in inviting them to your room
22 was to have sex with them?
23 A. If they were consensual.
24 Q. And did you want the -- the two sisters to have
25 sex with each other --

1 A. No.
2 Q. -- or just you? Because that would be creepy,
3 right?
4 A. If they were consensual, just me.
5 Q. And while you were engaged to Mrs. Specht, had
6 you ever had that happen before, where you had
7 consensual sex with more than one woman --
8 A. No.
9 Q. -- at the same time?
10 A. No, sir.

January 31, 2026 at 7:47 AM

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Moving on - next fun thing that comes out in the deposition is that Vic had kissed a coworker at Funimation while engaged to another woman. And that he had made other "mistakes" during the course of the engagement. More than 5. Probably less than 50. But decent chance more than 25.

4 Q. And you knew at that point in time that the
5 only person that could make -- even remotely try and
6 make that allegation was Ms. XXXXXXXXX?
7 A. Well, I -- Ms. XXXXXXXXX was the only one that
8 I had gone into an office and kissed.
9 Q. Okay. If you're engaged to Ms. Specht, why
10 kiss Ms. XXXXXXXXX?
11 A. Because I made some mistakes.
12 Q. So is that not -- not the first mistake you
13 made in terms of your exclusive relationship with Ms.
14 Specht?
15 A. No.
16 Q. How many mistakes do you -- would you say you
17 made with Ms. Specht during the course of your
18 engagement?
19 A. I don't know.
20 Q. More than one?
21 A. Yes, sir.
22 Q. More than five?
23 A. Yes, sir.
24 Q. More than 50?
25 A. I doubt it.

January 31, 2026 at 7:42 AM

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Understanding things like that can be expensive for the client (unless you eat a lot of time, or they hire someone who already has the expertise). But it's not something you ever want to skimp on - understanding the landscape does as much if not more to win the case as understanding the law.

January 31, 2026 at 7:36 AM

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The thing that was apparent there, however, is that by this point in the case, Sean Lemoine understood three key things: how anime voice actors make money; how the convention scene works; and how that relates to the elements of the claims in the case.

Beard understood all but three of those things.

January 31, 2026 at 7:34 AM

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Always nice when the defamation plaintiff has no idea how much monetary damage they've suffered, and can't tell you how to calculate the damage.

11 Q. Do you believe that you have been damaged as a
12 result of the defamatory statements that you allege were
13 made by the defendants in this case?
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. Do you have a -- can you put a monetary value
16 on that?
17 A. No.
18 Q. What would you need to know to put a monetary
19 value on that?
20 A. If I may, Sean, let me answer by saying this:
21 I didn't -- I didn't want to do this. I sat by for five
22 months and let these people destroy me online. I didn't
23 even know what to do. I -- I -- I literally did not
24 respond. I did not attack back. I didn't even defend.
25 I just couldn't believe it was happening for five

1 months.
2 And when it got to the point where I had
3 lost so much, I -- I realized that the -- my only
4 recourse was legal recourse. I wasn't looking for
5 money, I wasn't asking for anything but to be left alone
6 and -- and to -- you know, to be allowed to -- to have
7 my career and my work.
8 Q. All right.
9 MR. LEMOINE: I'm going to object as
10 nonresponsive.
11 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Tell me how, in 2018, how did

January 31, 2026 at 7:23 AM

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Ty.

Ty.

Percy.

Percy TYRONE Beard.

How do you not know, off the top of your head, if you're seeking mental anguish damages in a case you brought with a complaint you wrote?

23 Q. Okay. So are you seeking any treatment of any
24 type from any health care professionals as a result of
25 the defamation that you claim you've suffered?
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1 MR. BEARD: Objection, privileged.
2 Objection, privileged.
3 Do not answer.
4 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Okay.
5 MR. BEARD: You can answer the question,
6 but any further delving into it, I'll object.
7 You can say yes or no.
8 MR. LEMOINE: I mean, maybe -- Mr. Beard,
9 maybe you can just clear this up.
10 Is he seeking mental -- are you-all seeking
11 mental anguish damages?
12 MR. BEARD: I think we've asked for broad
13 damages. Yeah, that's probably a part of it.
14 MR. LEMOINE: Okay. So --
15 MR. BEARD: You know, I mean, I don't -- I
16 don't have the pleadings in front of me, quite frankly.
17 MR. LEMOINE: All right.
18 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Are you taking any medication
19 as a result of the defamation that you claim to have
20 suffered?

January 31, 2026 at 7:19 AM

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Getting the plaintiff firmly on the record that they aren't seeking mental anguish damages early in a defamation case is always nice. In the extremely unlikely event you can pull it off--oh!

8 Q. Are you seeking any mental anguish damages in
9 this lawsuit? Do you know?
10 A. No, sir.
11 Q. Okay. And so is that -- question was unclear.
12 Are you -- are you seeking mental anguish
13 damages?
14 A. There is certainly a lot of mental anguish.
15 Q. All right. Well, let me ask it this way.
16 A. I'm just seeking to clear my name, sir.

January 31, 2026 at 7:16 AM

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My recollection was that Mr. Huber is one of those unique individuals who are very good at complicating things. In this case, apparently by confessing to Vic's sex addiction on Vic's behalf while trying to settle the case.

Or something. Never did figure it out, don't want to now.

5 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Has Chuck Huber ever been
6 authorized by you, or to your knowledge, to try and
7 settle this lawsuit?
8 A. Authorized?
9 Q. Yes.
10 A. Define authorized, if you would, please.
11 Q. Did you tell Mr. Huber, Go settle this lawsuit
12 for me?
13 A. No.
14 Q. Okay. Have you ever been diagnosed as a sex
15 addict?
16 A. No.
17 Q. Have you ever received treatment for -- as a
18 sex addict?
19 A. No.
20 Q. Is there any -- anyone ever told you that they
21 thought you were a sex addict?
22 A. Not to my knowledge.
23 (Exhibit 12 marked.)
24 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) I'm going to show you what
25 I've premarked as Exhibit 12.

1 A. Okay.
2 Q. I will represent to you that is an email that
3 was sent to Ms. Rial in March of 2013 by a person
4 identifying themselves as Chuck Huber.
5 First question, looking at the first page
6 of Exhibit 12. Do you recognize fireflyworks@gmail.com,
7 is that an email you're familiar with?
8 A. Yes, sir.
9 Q. And whose email is that?
10 A. Chuck Huber's.
11 Q. All right. If you would, using the Bates label
12 at the bottom, if you would turn to page 3 of
13 Exhibit 12.
14 A. Uh-huh.
15 Q. First full email in the middle of the page.
16 A. Yes, sir.
17 Q. Appears to be from Chuck Huber on March 6,
18 2019, and then it says from Vic Mignogna. My name is
19 Vic Mignogna and I'm a -- a sex addict.
20 Any idea why Mr. Huber would be emailing
21 something like that to Monica Rial?
22 A. You'd have to ask Mr. Huber.
23 Q. All right. Certainly nothing that you were
24 authorized --
25 A. No, sir.

January 31, 2026 at 7:13 AM

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Skipping most of the rest of the "is so-and-so truthful" questions, but this one near the end is great.

"An anonymous person said untruthful things about me but I knew who it was from context" is not a great answer, even if true.

1 Q. How about Kara Edwards, do you know who that
2 is?
3 A. Sure. She is a voice actress.
4 Q. All right. Is she truthful, as far as you
5 know?
6 A. Depends on what she says.
7 Q. Well, as you sit here today, have you known any
8 instances where Mrs. Edwards has lied?
9 A. My understanding is that she has recounted
10 interaction between us inaccurately, that I would take
11 issue with.
12 Q. Okay. Do you know what -- how do you know
13 that? Did somebody tell you that?
14 A. I -- I assumed that, because there was an
15 article written that quoted an anonymous source, and I
16 -- just from reading this -- the account, I deduced that
17 it was Kara.

January 31, 2026 at 7:07 AM

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This quiet, unassuming bit of testimony killed one of the claims entirely.

He was suing for tortious interference with contract. And, at least under the only line of cases his counsel was aware of, that required a breach of contract. But, here, Vic attended; the contract wasn't breached.

7 Q. And did you end up going to Kameha Con?
8 A. I did. I spoke with him two or three months
9 later, after that hiatus, as I mentioned, and -- and he
10 told me that he didn't -- he didn't really see any
11 reason -- he -- he -- he didn't feel good about
12 canceling me, that he felt that there were people that
13 wanted me there and that, you know, barring any -- you
14 know, anything substantial, that he wanted to have me
15 back. And so I was very excited about that.
16 And he -- he -- my understanding, Sean, is
17 that he called or communicated with Monica and Chris
18 Sabat that he was going to re-invite me, and --
19 Q. Did you get to go?
20 A. And -- and -- and then they expressed more
21 pressure and -- toward him not to have me. He -- and he
22 went back and forth, vacillated on it for, I don't know,
23 a couple of weeks, and then -- we did have a contract as
24 well.
25 Q. And what do you mean a contract?
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1 A. A contract that I was to attend that event.
2 Q. And you ended up going to the event?
3 A. Yes, sir, I did.

January 31, 2026 at 7:01 AM

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This is fun - Vic doesn't want to say he's a bad judge of character. And he's being asked about people who have badmouthed him publicly. Well done.

Hopefully his attorney knows who all these people are.

(Spoiler alert:......yeah, not sure he did.)

5 Q. Okay. Do you think you're a pretty good judge
6 of character of people?
7 A. Apparently not. I thought I was.
8 Q. And when did -- when did you start to doubt
9 your ability to judge people's character?
10 A. When people that I have known for many, many
11 years, who have treated me publicly, privately to my
12 face, in dozens of settings, as friends, and then spent
13 the last five months trying to ruin my career and
14 reputation.
15 Q. Okay. So besides the Defendants in this case,
16 is there anybody else that you would put in that bucket
17 of trying to ruin your career?
18 A. Oh, sure.
19 Q. Who -- how about this: I'll go through some
20 names.
21 Do you know who Michele Specht is?
22 A. Sure.
23 Q. Your former fiancee, correct?
24 A. Yes, sir.
25 Q. Is she a truthful person?

1 A. Yes, sir, to a degree.
2 Q. Any reason why she would make up things about
3 you that you can think of?
4 A. You'd have to ask her that. I -- I'm not going
5 to speak for her.
6 Q. I'm not asking you to speak for her. I'm
7 asking you --
8 A. Do I -- you asked me if I thought she would do
9 that, and I said you'll have to ask her.
10 Q. What about Stan Dahlin, do you know who that
11 is?
12 A. Yes, sir.
13 Q. Who is he?
14 A. He ran a number of anime conventions.
15 Q. Truthful person?
16 A. As far as I know.
17 Q. Got any ax to grind with you, that you're aware
18 of?
19 A. Not as far as I know.
20 Q. All right. Do you know who Tammi Denbow is?
21 A. No.
22 Q. You never heard of Tammi Denbow?
23 A. No.
24 Q. D-E-N-B-O-W?
25 A. No.

January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM

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And, from there, he moves relatively quickly to some more procedural questions.

It's an interesting rhythm - not sure I like it, but it clearly works for him. I'd be too concerned about missing some of the procedural questions to hold some back to use for 'settle the witness back down' questions.

January 31, 2026 at 6:43 AM

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Pulling this part out for special mention - because it's yet another place where any answer but "yes" or "no" is a very bad answer. And "anything that happened was consensual" is very much not either "yes" or "no."

And, again, Sean shuts up and moves on immediately. Beautiful.

6 Q. And you don't know who those people are that
7 have accused you of this?
8 A. I certainly know some of them.
9 Q. And all false, right?
10 A. I'm sorry?
11 Q. And all false?
12 A. Anything that happened was consensual.
13 Q. Okay. Exhibit 17, left-hand side of the page,
14 second column, talks about if there's any surplus, that
15 will go to the Salvation Army Dallas Domestic Violence
16 and Abuse Shelters.
17 Whose idea was that?
18 A. I don't recall, actually.

January 31, 2026 at 6:39 AM

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So Sean takes him from the apology, to what are you apologizing for, to "oh not that," to "OK, so a number of people that is greater than one, possibly between one and five, have accused you of misconduct in convention hotel rooms.

And all with relative silence from defending counsel.

January 31, 2026 at 6:37 AM

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But now we start to get to more fun. Because, like a good celebrity, Vic issued a general apology when the controversy erupted. And, had he done that, taken a year or two off to contemplate and repent, etc, and not sued anyone, he might have a career doing more than Christian audiobook narration.

3 Q. Okay. The public apologies, what would those
4 be?
5 A. I -- I put out a tweet at some point that just
6 basically said, I am extremely sorry for any unintended
7 -- certainly unintended offense or, you know, anything
8 that has hurt or offended anyone. Certainly never my
9 intention. And I also apologized publicly at an event.
10 Q. And -- and what -- what did you think you were
11 apologizing for?
12 A. Inadvertently offending them.
13 Q. And when you say inadvertently offending,
14 you're talking about giving hugs or kisses, and things
15 like that, people that didn't want it?
16 A. Whatever it was that -- that people had a
17 problem with.
18 Q. Like, now, were you also referring to instances
19 -- the various instances in your hotel room where it was
20 just you and a woman?
21 A. No, sir.
22 Q. Was that a part of it? So the public and
23 private apologies didn't apply to that?
24 A. I'm sorry, say that again, please.
25 Q. You know, as we sit here today, that a number

1 of people have accused you of inappropriate behavior in
2 your hotel room at these various conventions. Do you
3 agree with that?
4 A. No, sir.
5 Q. You don't think that that's been -- you've been
6 accused publicly of inappropriate conduct in your hotel
7 room?
8 A. You said a number of people. I'm not aware of
9 a number of people accusing me of that.
10 Q. So you're quibbling over the word "a number of
11 people"?
12 A. Yes, sir, I am.
13 MR. BEARD: Objection, form.
14 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Okay. How many?
15 A. I don't know. Do you?
16 Q. Well, how do you know it's not a number?
17 MR. BEARD: Objection, form.
18 A. I didn't say it wasn't a number.
19 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) All right. Let me strike
20 that. Let me start this one over.
21 How many people do you know of that have
22 publicly accused you of inappropriate conduct in your
23 hotel room?
24 A. I don't know.
25 Q. More than one?

1 A. Yes.
2 Q. More than five?
3 A. I don't believe so, but I don't -- I don't --
4 Q. Somewhere between one and five?
5 A. Possibly.
6 Q. And you don't know who those people are that
7 have accused you of this?
8 A. I certainly know some of them.

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Something else that I've been gaining more and more appreciation for - it can be at least as important to know what questions to not ask.

The witness said the statements lacked evidence and proof, and that they weren't credible. The witness did not say the statements were false. Leave it there.

Q. It's not a power test.
23 With regard to your credibility, how has
24 whatever you think Mr. Toye has said, how has that hurt
25 your credibility?

A. Mr. Toye has made a large number of public
2 assertions to which there is no evidence or proof.
3 They're very negative, they're -- they're defamatory.
4 Q. Okay.
5 A. And -- sorry.
6 Q. No, you get to answer until you're done.
7 A. No, go ahead. I'm -- I apologize.
8 Q. So Mr. Toye has made allegations that you would
9 consider to be uncredible?
10 A. Yes, sir.
11 Q. All right. And so if those aren't credible
12 allegations, that really hasn't hurt your credibility,
13 has it?
14 A. There's a matter of public perception that I
15 think we can all agree is -- is pretty prevalent and
16 powerful these days.

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Vic didn't handle that poorly, to be fair - that bit could have gone much worse for him - but it was still very well done.

And had the effect of putting painfully evasive testimony somewhere it would appear if the reputation part of the deposition was included in a later filing.

January 31, 2026 at 6:08 AM

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This transition is masterful - I didn't appreciate how masterful the first time I read it.

Reputation, and damage to reputation, is central to a deposition case. Took him from an area where he was being very evasive to one where defensiveness would hurt him even more, and back again.

Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) Is your reputation as a voice
6 actor important to you?
7 A. Of course.
8 Q. Okay. Why?
9 A. Because it reflects on me as a person, it
10 reflects on me as a professional in a field.
11 Q. And -- and do you feel like you have a positive
12 reputation as a voice actor in your field?
13 A. I believe I do.
14 Q. And how long have you had that, what you would
15 call, positive reputation?
16 A. Well, I've been a voice actor for almost 20
17 years, so I can only assume that since I've been hired
18 repeatedly for, you know, over 20 years, that somebody
19 must think I'm relatively good at what I do.
20 Q. And over the last 20 years, have you attended
21 conventions or Japanese anime films?
22 A. Yes, sir.
23 Q. Is that a -- is that how -- part of how you
24 make a living?
25 A. Sorry?

Q. Is that part of how you make a living?
2 A. Certainly.
3 Q. And I assume these conventions are open to the
4 public?
5 A. Yes, sir.
6 Q. And lots of people come and watch or meet you
7 at these conventions?
8 A. Yes, sir.
9 Q. What's the largest number of people that you
10 think you've ever spoken to at one of these conventions?
11 A. I have no idea.
12 Q. More than 20?
13 A. Sure.
14 Q. More than 100?
15 A. Probably.
16 Q. More than 500?
17 A. That's the point at which I wouldn't -- I
18 wouldn't be able to comment specifically.
19 Q. Are you usually in a room of the same size that
20 we're in right now?
21 A. The sizes of the rooms vary.
22 Q. Are they bigger or smaller than the room we're
23 in?
24 A. They vary.
25 Q. Well, on average, are they bigger or smaller

1 than this room?
2 A. They vary.
3 Q. Okay. What's the smallest?
4 A. I've been in rooms, large rooms, that had a
5 small amount of people, I've been in small rooms that
6 have had a larger number of people. I mean, they're --
7 they vary.
8 Q. Is your personal reputation important to you?
9 A. Yes, sir.
10 Q. Why is that? Why?
11 A. The same reason anyone's is important to them.
12 Q. Well, not anyone is suing my clients for
13 defamation. You are, sir. So why is your reputation
14 important to you?
15 A. Well, because it goes to credibility, it goes
16 to the opportunity to continue to work and be hired.
17 Q. Anything else?
18 A. Nothing comes to mind at the time.
19 Q. If you think of something, feel free to jump
20 back in. It's not a power --
21 A. Yes, sir.
22 Q. It's not a power test.

January 31, 2026 at 6:06 AM

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Best way to prep a witness - I'm gonna borrow a West Wing line from a slightly different context here - is to tell them that they should always tell the truth, if only because it's the easiest thing to remember.

It's my job to deal with bad truth. Fixing bad lies is much harder.

January 31, 2026 at 5:59 AM

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But the facts came out anyway - they were hardly secrets - and by trying to evade them, Vic looked like an evasive little worm.

Because he was being an evasive little worm.

As a lawyer, I can often deal with bad facts that come out in deposition. I can't fix self-inflicted damage to credibility.

January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM

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