In Monday’s filing, Wood’s attorney also questions why Smithline wasn’t deposed in the case by Warner’s legal team. “The reason why is obvious,” reads the filing. “Plaintiff understood that if Defendants had the opportunity to question Smithline, the actual truth would come out: Defendants never pressured or manipulated Smithline.”
The new filing comes after Smithline claimed she had “succumbed to pressure” from Wood to “make accusations of rape and assault against Mr. Warner that were not true.” According to the , King claims that she has not been “compensated for speaking in favor of his client and against Wood.” At a hearing Tuesday, a judge denied Warner’s ex parte application to include a declaration from Smithline where she recanted her allegations of abuse against Warner. The judge questioned why Warner’s legal team hadn’t requested to depose Smithline sooner in the case. “We did ask to seek a number of depositions back at the time … and your honor denied those requests for those depositions,” Warner’s attorney said.
The judge responded, “We don’t know that. But you didn’t do it so we are where we are. Even with that, there really is no explanation as to why this [declaration] is bubbling up at this time.” The judge’s denial means Smithline’s declaration will not be used as evidence in the April 11th anti-SLAPP hearing., alleging sexual assault, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, human trafficking, and unlawful imprisonment, among other allegations.
Among other allegations, she claimed he choked her, ignored her pleas of “no,” and carved his initials into her skin with a knife. “On yet another occasion, Mr. Warner threw a Nazi knife at Ms. Smithline, only barely missing her face,” the lawsuit alleged.
Because it’s bollocks that’s why. He did abuse Ashley she’s just been terrorised into retracting it
Poor Tomas Mier has to spin everything to try refurbish his image after printing a fake rape story on the front cover of People. He'll never be trustworthy or objective.
Sad that Evan can perpetrate DARVO against Ashley like this and is now an accomplice
Penske media trying really hard to fool the public, but after the Johnny Depp situation, they just can't...
I stand with Evan Rachel Wood 💖
False. You just can't bring yourself to report fairly can ya?
When are all these feminazis going to pay for their crimes?
Breaking: Evan Rachel Wood will be playing Christine Blasey Ford in upcoming fiction drama comedy series.
August 7th.. Marilyn Manson Trail good luck Manson fans 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤👍🏻👍🏻
Vibe: BelieveWomen ONLY when they accuse DONTBelieveWomen when they exculpate
AsleeRockstar Good! Judge will dismiss Manson in California & correctly protected the victim (Evan Rachel Wood) by blocking this blatant attempt of Witness Interference of intimidating Ashley Morgan Smithline into Falsely thinking she could be incriminated for “conspiracy” HollywoodFixers
Good
Just some media defamation fest where most the outlets literally make profit recanting false accusations toward innocent people. Not a single word about GG Allin's pop culture because that would implode the ethical continuum and they'd be exposed as hypocrites.
The trial is gonna be good
It shows your bias when you can't include the full truth or even full quotes. Her statement can be used in the defamation suit and I'm sure will be. It was just this part of the anti slap that it wasn't,because it was too late.
fuck around and find out.
FALSE! Ashley Smithline’s testimony absolutely can be used within his lawsuit. It just isn’t factored in on an anti-slapp motion Y’all really should go back to reporting on music because you and Tomas_Mier suck at this “investigative” journalism angle on legal matters
Shit. These argument doesn’t even make sense. They would have no basis to depose AMS for an antislapp before and she was evading the deposition for esme bianco at the time. And now she changed her mind.
Why not?
Oh shit
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