Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 10/07/2019 12:00 AM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by S. Bolden,Deputy Clerk BROWN RUDNICK LLP RANDALL A. SMITH, #116244 [email protected] CAMILLE M. VASQUEZ, #273377 [email protected] SAMUEL A. MONIZ, #313274 [email protected] 2211 Michelson Drive, 7th Floor Irvine, CA 92612 Telephone: (949) 752-7100 Facsimile: (949) 252-1514 Attorneys for Defendants, JOHN C. DEPP, II and INFINITUM NIHIL SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES GREGG “ROCKY” BROOKS, CASE NO. BC713123 Plaintiff, ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO vs. HON. HOLLY J. FUJIE, DEPT. 56 JOHN C. DEPP, an individual; MIRIAM AMENDED DEPOSITION TESTIMONY SEGAL, an individual; BRAD FURMAN, an DESIGNATION AND OBJECTIONS individual; GOOD FILM PRODUCTIONS US, INC., a New York Corporation; FINAL STATUS CONFERENCE: INFINITUM NIHIL, A Californian DATE: October 7, 2019 Corporation; And DOES 1-50, TIME: 8:30 a.m. Defendants. DEPT: 56 TRIAL DATE: DeadlineOctober 21, 2019 DEPOSITION OF JOHN C. DEPP, II PAGE 22, LINE 13 - PAGE 22, LINE 19 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 23, LINE 13 - PAGE 24, LINE 5 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 26, LINE 8 - PAGE 26, LINE 16 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 26, LINE 20 - PAGE 27, LINE 22 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE 1 AMENDED DEPOSITION TESTIMONY DESIGNATION AND OBJECTIONS 63516621 v1-WorkSiteUS-034692/0003 PAGE 35, LINE 12 - PAGE 35, LINE 17 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 38, LINE 21 - PAGE 39, LINE 9 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 41, LINE 3 - PAGE 42, LINE 15 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 48, LINE 20 - PAGE 49, LINE 25 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 51, LINE 19 - PAGE 51, LINE 24 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 59, LINE 16 - PAGE 60, LINE 21 OBJECTION: CALLS FOR NARRATIVE PAGE 60, LINE 25 - PAGE 62, LINE 6 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 66, LINE 23 - PAGE 68, LINE 20 OBJECTION: LACKS FOUNDATION; SPECULATION PAGE 69, LINE 16 - PAGE 70, LINE 6 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 70, LINE 18 - PAGE 71, LINE 23 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 72, LINE 8 - PAGE 72, LINE 19 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 73, LINE 14 - PAGE 73, LINE 24 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 74, LINE 12 - PAGE 74, LINE 22 OBJECTION: LACK OF FOUNDATION; SPECULATION; RELEVANCE PAGE 75, LINE 20 - PAGE 76, LINE 4 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 76, LINE 24 - PAGE 78, LINE 1 OBJECTION: INCOMPLETE AND MISLEADING—IF ADMITTED, INCLUDE 78:2-79:6 PAGE 86, LINE 14 - PAGE 86, LINE 25 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 93, LINE 13 - PAGE 94, LINE 4 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 100, LINE 9 - PAGEDeadline 100, LINE 15 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 101, LINE 7 - PAGE 101, LINE 20 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 106, LINE 9 - PAGE 108, LINE 15 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 109, LINE 5 - PAGE 109, LINE 16 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 114, LINE 13 - PAGE 114, LINE 17 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 115, LINE 14 - PAGE 115, LINE 25 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 130, LINE 12 - PAGE 130, LINE 14 OBJECTION: _________________________ 2 AMENDED DEPOSITION TESTIMONY DESIGNATION AND OBJECTIONS 63516621 v1-WorkSiteUS-034692/0003 PAGE 130, LINE 20 - PAGE 132, LINE 5 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 132, LINE 9 - PAGE 132, LINE 14 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 132, LINE 24 - PAGE 133, LINE 8 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 136, LINE 5 - PAGE 136, LINE 10 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 144, LINE 21 - PAE 144, LINE 25 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 149, LINE 7 - PAGE 149, LINE 24 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 150, LINE 1 - PAGE 150, LINE 18 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 151, LINE 4 - PAGE 152, LINE 12 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 153, LINE 9 - PAGE 154, LINE 3 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE PAGE 160, LINE 25 - PAGE 161, LINE 16 OBJECTION: _________________________ PAGE 170, LINE 22 - PAGE 171, LINE 12 OBJECTION: RELEVANCE COUNTER-DESIGNATION: PAGE 78, LINE 2 - PAGE 79, LINE 6 OBJECTION: _________________________ DATED: October 6, 2019 Respectfully submitted, BAKER, OLSON, LeCROY & DANIELIAN In association with: LAW OFFICES OF PAT HARRIS By: /s/ Arbella Azizian ARBELLA AZIZIAN DeadlineAttorneys for Plaintiff, GREGG “ROCKY” BROOKS DATED: October 6, 2019 Respectfully submitted, BROWN RUDNICK LLP By: RANDALL A. SMITH Attorneys for Defendants, JOHN C. DEPP, II and INFINITUM NIHIL 3 AMENDED DEPOSITION TESTIMONY DESIGNATION AND OBJECTIONS 63516621 v1-WorkSiteUS-034692/0003 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CENTRAL DISTRICT GREGG "ROCKY" BROOKS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. )Case No. BC713123 ) JOHN C. DEPP, an individual; ) BRAD FURMAN, an individual; ) INFINITUM NIHIL, A Californian ) Corporation; And DOES 1-50, ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________) DEPOSITION OF JOHN C. DEPP, II Los Angeles, California Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Deadline REPORTED BY: JEAN KIM CSR NO. 13555, RPR JOB NO. 96357BAK 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT 3 4 GREGG "ROCKY" BROOKS, ) ) 5 Plaintiff, ) ) 6 vs. )Case No. BC713123 ) 7 JOHN C. DEPP, an individual; ) BRAD FURMAN, an individual; ) 8 INFINITUM NIHIL, A Californian ) Corporation; And DOES 1-50, ) 9 ) Defendants. ) 10 _________________________________) 11 12 Deposition of JOHN C. DEPP, II, taken on 13 behalf of the Plaintiff, at Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 14 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 15 commencing at 1:39 p.m., on Wednesday, 16 September 11, 2019, before Jean Kim, CSR No. 13555, 17 RPR, a Certified Shorthand Reporter in and for the 18 County of Los Angeles, State of California. 19 Deadline 20 21 22 23 24 25 LUDWIG KLEIN REPORTERS & VIDEO, INC. - 800.540.0681 2 1 APPEARANCES: 2 3 FOR PLAINTIFF: ARMINAK LAW, APC 4 BY: TAMAR G. ARMINAK Attorney at Law 5 100 West Broadway Boulevard Suite 990 6 Glendale, California 91210 818.584.2556 7 [email protected] 8 BAKER, OLSON, LeCROY & DANIELIAN BY: ARBELLA AZIZIAN 9 Attorney at Law Galleria Office Tower 10 100 West Broadway Suite 600 11 Glendale, California 91210 818.502.5600 12 [email protected] 13 FOR DEFENDANTS: 14 BROWN RUDNICK, LLP BY: RANDALL A. SMITH 15 CAMILLE M. VASQUEZ Attorneys at Law 16 2211 Michelson Drive 7th Floor 17 Irvine, California 92612 949.440.7100 18 [email protected] [email protected] 19 Deadline 20 ALSO PRESENT: ADAM WALDMAN 21 JON SEIDEL, Videographer 22 23 24 25 LUDWIG KLEIN REPORTERS & VIDEO, INC. - 800.540.0681 3 JOHN DEPP, II - September 11, 2019 BROOKS VS. DEPP 1 Good Films is. 13:53:13 2 BY MS. ARMINAK: 13:53:13 3 Q Oh, okay. Okay. That production company 13:53:14 4 is not familiar to you, Good Films Production, out 13:53:17 5 of New York? 13:53:21 6 Is that true it's not familiar -- 13:53:24 7 A It's not particularly familiar, no. 13:53:25 8 Q And I think I'm going to give you the name 13:53:37 9 you were looking for. Miriam Segal? 13:53:39 10 A Yes. 13:53:42 11 Q Is that the person you're referring to? 13:53:42 12 A Yes. She was one of the producers. 13:53:44 13 Q Okay. So if I could take a step back and 13:53:46 14 ask who the producers of this film were. 13:53:49 15 Could you tell me who they were. 13:53:51 16 A There was Miriam; Brad Furman, director and 13:53:54 17 producer; there was myself; my sister, Christi; and, 13:54:04 18 you know, those of us at Infinitum, which is my 13:54:16 19 little company.Deadline 13:54:20 20 Q That's right. That's right. 13:54:20 21 Is that -- and your sister also is under 13:54:22 22 that umbrella? 13:54:25 23 A Uh-huh. 13:54:26 24 MR. SMITH: Objection. Vague and 13:54:26 25 ambiguous. 13:54:27 LUDWIG KLEIN REPORTERS & VIDEO, INC. - 800.540.0681 22 JOHN DEPP, II - September 11, 2019 BROOKS VS. DEPP 1 THE WITNESS: My sister is -- yes. She was 13:54:28 2 working very closely with production as I was. 13:54:32 3 BY MS. ARMINAK: 13:54:36 4 Q And the name of your production company? 13:54:37 5 A It's Infinitum Nihil. It's a strange one. 13:54:40 6 Q Where did you get that from? 13:54:44 7 A In Latin, it means "endless nothing." 13:54:46 8 Q And are you an employee, as far as you 13:54:51 9 know, of Infinitum? 13:54:55 10 A Infinitum? That's a good -- I don't know 13:54:59 11 if I am. 13:55:02 12 Q Fair enough. 13:55:02 13 Are you an officer or a director of the 13:55:03 14 corporation? 13:55:06 15 A I assume so. 13:55:13 16 Q And do you know if Christi is an employee? 13:55:13 17 A Yes, she is. 13:55:16 18 Q She is. 13:55:16 19 And doesDeadline she have an officer or a director 13:55:17 20 role in the corporation? 13:55:19 21 It is a corporation? 13:55:21 22 A Yes. 13:55:21 23 Q Yes. 13:55:22 24 A Yes. My sister, Christi, was basically 13:55:22 25 running the company. So I guess her -- I don't 13:55:27 LUDWIG KLEIN REPORTERS & VIDEO, INC. - 800.540.0681 23 JOHN DEPP, II - September 11, 2019 BROOKS VS. DEPP 1 exactly -- what -- president or vice -- I don't know 13:55:32 2 what they call it. 13:55:36 3 Q Fair enough. 13:55:37 4 And is she still in that role? 13:55:37 5 A Yes. Pretty much, yeah.