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#1, RE: Thomas depo 1
Posted by jameson on Jul-14-03 at 06:31 PM
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jameson
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11953 posts May-16-03, 10:52 AM (EST)

1. "ACandyRose - he doesn't know your name??"
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Q. (BY MR. WOOD) You're familiar with the website set up with respect to your lecture for hire,
true?
A. Yes.

Q. And this is, I take it you would agree, a true and correct copy of that website page?

A. That's not from my website, that's from another website, but I'm familiar with that page, yes.

Q. Okay. And this obviously advertises your willingness to lecture on the JonBenet Ramsey case
for compensation, true?

MR. DIAMOND: Counsel, the only reason I can see you asking these questions is concerning the
jurisdictional debate that we currently have pending --

MR. WOOD: I'm asking what he does for a living.

MR. DIAMOND: You can ask him what he does for a living. He's told you what he does for a living.
He's a carpenter and he does public speaking --

MR. WOOD: I'm asking him about that solicitation.

MR. DIAMOND: I'm not going to let you inquire about that.

MR. WOOD: If you have, Mr. Diamond, if you have a -- we're not here to argue with each other and
I don't --

MR. DIAMOND: Well --

THE REPORTER: One at a time.

MR. WOOD: Let me finish, then you'll have time.

MR. DIAMOND: Certainly.

MR. WOOD: I simply asked him about this for purposes of establishing what he does for a living in
whole or in part. If you have an instruction to make under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, just
make it. I don't need to debate it.

MR. DIAMOND: I will.

MR. WOOD: If you instruct him not to answer the question, state the privilege, as I understand that's
what you're limited to. State the privilege and make your instruction and we can address it at a later
time.

MR. DIAMOND: I'm fully prepared to do that.

MR. WOOD: All right.

MR. DIAMOND: And I intend to do that. I want to give you an opportunity to tell me how this relates
to the subject matter of the deposition --

MR. WOOD: I did.

MR. DIAMOND: -- within the framework that Judge Carnes said you were allowed to inquire. And,
you know, if you're prepared to tender a good cause showing, I'm happy to let him answer. Obviously,
on its face this is going nowhere but to the jurisdictional dispute that my client and your client are
currently engaged in unless there is some other reason. He's already told you what he does for a
living. I'll have the pending question read, and then I'll decide whether to instruct him or not.

MR. WOOD: I don't think there is a pending question. I think he told me that it was a -- he was
familiar with this website and has his own website.

Q. (BY MR. WOOD) What is your website address?

A. It's not necessarily my website. It's a website that was created by a supporter of mine, and the
address is www.forstevethomas.com.

MR. DIAMOND: He wanted to know your website. Do you have a website?

THE DEPONENT: I thought that was the one he was talking about.

MR. DIAMOND: No. Do you have a website?

THE DEPONENT: No.

Q. (BY MR. WOOD) So did you misspeak a minute ago when you said something about your
website because you said that's not from my website, that's from another website but I'm familiar with
that page. Did you misspeak when you said the words "my website"?

A. There is a website owned by a third party who is a supporter of mine.

Q. Who is that?

A. A woman I know as B.J.

Q. You don't know her full name?

A. Barbara, I don't know her last name.

Q. Do you know where she lives?

A. Ohio.

Q. Where in Ohio?

A. I don't know.

Q. So other than the lecture-for-profit business and the carpentry business, do you have any other
employment at the present time?

A. No.

Q. Did you authorize Plaintiff's Exhibit Number 1 to be posted to solicit speaking engagements?

A. Yes.