Court hearing on admissibility of defendant's statement regarding defamation claim

10 id. 12 13 14 L5 16 ne) 18 life) 20 21 22 23 24 25 H3vlgiu2 MS. SCHULTZ: THI 1s COURT: MS. SCHULTZ: that this is not cause of action, as evidence. This is a motion evidence. THI Gl COURT: case that counsel has given me The motion was Your Honor, All right. it should in limine to Assume for is accurate, —- well, even assuming, 97 Because it was denied, your Honor. okay. arguendo, still be admitted exclude it as the moment that the and then why would it get in? What does it add? MS. SCHULTZ: It adds state of mind, defendant's state of mind in issuing -- 2 THE The state COURT: of mind didn't change in two days. MS. SCHULTZ: Right. It says that she stood by her statement and did not retract it. THE COURT: Well, she certainly is standing by it today. MS. SCHULTZ: And your Honor, it shows one other thing. Throughout this litigation defendant has tried to argue that defendant had nothing to do with the defamatory statements. In fact, just yesterday defendant's counsel was saying that it was issued by her lawyer and by her press agent. It's her statement, and in this video she is personally owning it, and she can't hide behind her lawyer or her press agent. = THE COURT: Oh, okay, okay, okay. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011400