Overview

• The court extended the stay of the A&E lawsuit pending the separate guardianship review, with a joint status letter due Nov. 5.
• The judge ruled her dementia diagnosis does not make her legally unfit to testify, leaving the weight of her statements for a jury to decide.
• The deposition must occur by Nov. 4, be capped at three hours, may be conducted remotely, and will include only up to two A&E attorneys and one guardianship attorney, with breaks and no more than three days total.
• The order authorizes a de bene esse deposition, citing her 2023 diagnoses and the need to preserve testimony in the suit her guardian filed over consent to the Lifetime documentary.
• A source told People the docuseries has been taken down, with A&E’s lawyers saying it was out of respect for the ongoing legal proceedings.