Lawyers in the case of Samantha Ronson against her former attorney are trying to convince the judge that the actress should have to give a videotaped deposition.
“The only apparent rationale for her demands is that she is Lindsay Lohan and thus too important to be required like everyone else to comply with statutorily specified…obligations,” the opposing lawyers argued in a motion filed on Friday.
Samantha Ronson sued New York based lawyer Martin Garbus for bungling her defamation suit against Perez Hilton for suggesting she played a role in Lindsay’s DUI bust in 2007.
Now, Martin Garbus’ team wants Lindsay Lohan as a “critical witness,” but Lindsay has fought their request, filing an earlier motion saying that such a recording would inevitably be leaked, causing her “unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, undue burden and expense.”
Lindsay’s attorneys say the only way she would agree to such an interrogation is with a number of safeguards in place. This Martin Garbus’ team says goes “far beyond [the protections] afforded to even a president of the United States when he was deposed.”
“The only apparent rationale is that she is a semi-celebrity,” his lawyers say in court papers, pointing out that Lindsay has no problem writing openly on her blog about her “tumultuous relationships.”
A judge is expected to rule on the matter November 6th.
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