So, the discovery hearing scheduled for tomorrow was continued until Friday. We should have some more clarity on the case after that occurs.
Pima County continues to royally suck; none of the current pleadings are on-line so all I've got to go on are the title of pleadings and some press reports.
With regard to the DNA dispute, here's what's evidently going on. Miracle Whips told his previous attorneys, many members of the press and others that they had a shirt with Josh Pastner's sperm on it from the night he supposedly assaulted her. CJP vehemently denied it and offered to take a DNA test to prove it. Now, all of a sudden, they have completely changed their story. The new story is they have a shirt with CJP's DNA on it but it isn't sperm. CJP's attorneys said, basically, so what, it's of no probative value and told CJP not to give a DNA sample (I agree with this advice wholeheartedly). That's the shirt that was sent to a lab in California.
CJP's attorneys have renewed their request to depose RB's previous attorneys. I would kill to see that motion. If nothing else, they want them to testify about whether or not they were told that they had a shirt with CJP's sperm on it. I could see the judge allowing questioning about a fraud on the court; that's not protected by attorney-client privilege.
So, hopefully we'll know a lot more in a few days.
edited to add: there's nothing I've seen so far that in any way harms CJP's case. RB and JP have hired a very ordinary attorney who does a lot of real estate law. They finally admitted that they made up their key piece of evidence. Their star witness testified under oath that they bribed him to commit perjury. From my perspective, Mr and Mrs Whips are still in a world of hurt.
