Thanks to a new ruling in Los Angeles Superior Court, tobacco magnate and Philadelphia Phillies owner John S. Middleton will have to give sworn testimony about his son’s drinking habits. The …
The case is at the discovery phase where L.A. Superior Court Judge Kevin Brazile recently had to decide whether to let Lee’s camp depose Middleton Senior on the topic of his knowledge about the son’s alleged alcoholism.
In response, Middleton’s attorneys argued that this was really an “attempt to shame Middleton into acquiescing to an unfavorable settlement or dropping his claims altogether,” “designed solely to embarrass John P. Middleton and drive a wedge between him and his father,” and that it all violated privacy principles.
The judge also takes up the issue of whether drinking is a “personal” decision and that alcoholism is a “disease” that should play no role in the dispute at hand. “[T]he Court is unaware of any authority that testimony by non-medical personnel regarding drinking habits constitutes medical information,” states the ruling, which also adds that Middleton has not shown a reasonable expectation of privacy “as the alleged impacts of his drinking on public and professional matters undermines the expectation that the matters would remain private.”That was the year, according to Lee’s cross-complaint, that the two were on a yacht near the Cannes Film Festival.
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