By: Natalie Finn
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:37:42 PM PST
That's one less piece of Lindsay Lohan for the world to pore over.
A week after a three-judge appellate panel questioned an order of protection wasn't granted sealing Lohan's upcoming deposition testimony, the judge who made the decision realized Friday that wide-open wasn't the way to go after all.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael L. Stern reversed his Nov. 28 decision that would have allowed lawyers from both parties and others involved with the deposition to speak publicly about what went down or otherwise offer its contents to the public.
Instead, Lohan's deposition concerning the October 2005 traffic accident that resulted in a negligence lawsuit nearly two years later will be kept under wraps, with the contents available only to those pertinently involved in the litigation.
Stern's two-pager ruling also directs that all other testimony given in the case be kept sealed, as well.
The backpedaling does not, however, resolve whether the meeting can be videotaped or not. A Mar. 26 hearing before the 2nd District Court of Appeal is still on the docket.
Lohan's camp, of course, wants no pictorial record of her deposition, which has been postponed until the coverage issues are figured out. The rehabbed starlet's attorney has argued that a tape could easily be worth thousands of dollars to some media outlets and would almost certainly be leaked through the system.
"I think it's a positive development, but I've got to really analyze the order before I can make any further statement," Lohan lawyer David J. Ozeran said following Friday's decision.
Busboy Raymundo Ortega sued the Mean Girls star in June for negligence, claiming she was drinking and distracted by the paparazzi when she rammed into his van with her Mercedes on Oct. 4, 2005, following a lunch with friends at the Ivy in West Hollywood.
Police at the time blamed Ortega, who wants $200,000 in damages, for the accident, saying the Los Angeles man made an illegal U-turn in front of Lohan, and that alcohol didn't factor into the crash. Lohan filed a $75,000 countersuit Oct. 11, pointing out the cops' take on the situation.
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:37:42 PM PST
That's one less piece of Lindsay Lohan for the world to pore over.
A week after a three-judge appellate panel questioned an order of protection wasn't granted sealing Lohan's upcoming deposition testimony, the judge who made the decision realized Friday that wide-open wasn't the way to go after all.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael L. Stern reversed his Nov. 28 decision that would have allowed lawyers from both parties and others involved with the deposition to speak publicly about what went down or otherwise offer its contents to the public.
Instead, Lohan's deposition concerning the October 2005 traffic accident that resulted in a negligence lawsuit nearly two years later will be kept under wraps, with the contents available only to those pertinently involved in the litigation.
Stern's two-pager ruling also directs that all other testimony given in the case be kept sealed, as well.
The backpedaling does not, however, resolve whether the meeting can be videotaped or not. A Mar. 26 hearing before the 2nd District Court of Appeal is still on the docket.
Lohan's camp, of course, wants no pictorial record of her deposition, which has been postponed until the coverage issues are figured out. The rehabbed starlet's attorney has argued that a tape could easily be worth thousands of dollars to some media outlets and would almost certainly be leaked through the system.
"I think it's a positive development, but I've got to really analyze the order before I can make any further statement," Lohan lawyer David J. Ozeran said following Friday's decision.
Busboy Raymundo Ortega sued the Mean Girls star in June for negligence, claiming she was drinking and distracted by the paparazzi when she rammed into his van with her Mercedes on Oct. 4, 2005, following a lunch with friends at the Ivy in West Hollywood.
Police at the time blamed Ortega, who wants $200,000 in damages, for the accident, saying the Los Angeles man made an illegal U-turn in front of Lohan, and that alcohol didn't factor into the crash. Lohan filed a $75,000 countersuit Oct. 11, pointing out the cops' take on the situation.
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