Warren Beatty Depo to be Videotaped, Del. Judge Rules
Actor Warren Beatty has lost his bid to avoid having to give a deposition on videotape in a dispute over television and film rights to the Dick Tracy comic strip character he played in a 1990 movie.
A bankruptcy judge in Delaware today denied Beatty’s request to avoid the camera and just have a court reporter prepare a written transcript of his sworn answers to questions in the litigation with Tribune Media Services, reports Bloomberg. Instead, Judge Kevin Carey ordered the two sides to work together to establish procedures to keep the deposition from being publicized on the Internet, as Beatty’s lawyer, Gregg Galardi of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, contended is likely to occur if it is videotaped.
Galardi also argued that the videotaped deposition will be an invasion of the 72-year-old actor’s privacy.
The deposition issue was decided in bankruptcy court due to the insolvency of Tribune Co. Its filing delayed Beatty’s earlier lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles.
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