ON BACKGROUND
On Friday evening, Judge Adam Silvera of the Supreme Court of NY granted the Plaintiff’s, acclaimed actress Julia Ormond, motion to compel Michael Ovitz (CAA co-founder and former chairman) to comply with the subpoena seeking documents/communication relating to their representation of Ms. Ormond and CAA’s knowledge of Weinstein’s behavior. Ovitz will now appear for a deposition at a time to be determined. The Court also denied CAA’s motion to vacate the Court’s discovery order. The Court denied CAA’s request for the Plaintiff’s mental health providers’ names and records. The Court will continue to tightly protect psychotherapist-patient privilege.
ON RECORD
Joint statement from Meredith Firetog (Partner, Wigdor LLP), Kevin Mintzer (Kevin Mintzer, P.C.), and Effie Blassberger (Partner, Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP):
“We are pleased that the Court, once again, rejected CAA’s attempt to obtain decades of Ms. Ormond’s confidential health records. The Court’s decision is an important precedent: sexual assault survivors should not be compelled to produce confidential medical records from their entire adult lifetime. We are also grateful that the Court agreed to require Michael Ovitz, CAA’s founder and longtime chairman, to appear for a deposition and produce documents in this case. Mr. Ovitz must now stop stonewalling and comply with the Court’s order.”
The full order may be found here.