Overview
- Ovitz attended a court-ordered deposition and left the room after refusing to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, saying he would give no answers and removing his microphone.
- Ormond’s lawyers filed a motion for contempt and sanctions that asks the judge to issue an arrest warrant to force Ovitz to return and complete his testimony.
- The deposition transcript shows Ovitz answered questions about Harvey Weinstein, denied knowing of abuse allegations before 2017, and acknowledged a brief visit to Epstein’s house and email exchanges revealed in a DOJ release.
- CAA objected after the walkout, saying it had not been warned that questions about Epstein would be asked, which has created a parallel dispute over the scope of deposition notice and relevance.
- The dispute could affect Ormond’s larger lawsuit under New York’s Adult Survivors Act by testing witness credibility and by deciding whether evidence of Ovitz’s ties to Epstein is relevant to CAA’s handling of Weinstein claims.