Well. It's one of those live life long enough moments.
Litigation entertainer Nancy Grace has been summoned to sit for deposition in the Melinda Duckett case. With cameras rolling.
Duckett--just 21 years old at her passing--committed suicide after the airing of an interview with Grace in the disappearance of her 2 year old son, Trenton.. (Nancy Grace Goes to Court, 11/21/2006).
Her legal team spent most of Tuesday attempting to keep cameras out of the courtroom, but per TMZ, a judge has ruled for videotape of the deposition. Third party access will be made available only through the courts.
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The judge said since the parents' lawyer agreed not to release the video to third parties without court approval, there was no need to address "the evils" Grace complained of -- that "disclosure of the videotape of Ms. Grace's deposition" was designed to "harass, embarrass and intimidate Ms. Grace and corrupt the jury pool." (TMZ, 1/27/10).
One graceless shadow concern is left unlisted. CBS is shopping yet another syndicated show for the Grace during financial times where local station managers are oft sighted lifting green room sofa cushions in the search for loose change. Grace will take on the role of mediator in Swift Justice , "...resolv(ing) conflicts between participants, the same way other TV judges do, and her arbitration decisions will be binding." (NYT, 1/25/10).
Scary.
Although bad press is often considered ratings gold in our seesaw value of a society, any finding of responsibility in the Duckett suicide could prove the jump shark of all time bad form. The 90 per cent of the market signed up for a bit of Swift J could quite possibly bail once that remix of Nancy G Depoooo raises the roof on You Tube.
Nancy is scheduled to give it up in Atlanta this Thursday.
Stay tuned for the cell phone video.
