Jeremy Mayfield’s stepmother wants deposition from ESPN reporter in lawsuit against her son
By Bob Pockrass
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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HAMPTON, Ga. – Lisa Mayfield’s attorney wants to take a deposition from ESPN.com reporter David Newton in her defamation lawsuit against her estranged stepson, NASCAR driver and former team owner Jeremy Mayfield.
Lisa Mayfield had to ask the court for approval to take the deposition out of state in the case, which was filed last July in North Carolina Superior Court.
“ESPN reporter David Newton and ESPN are essential and material witnesses to the facts and circumstances involved in this cause of action,” Lisa Mayfield’s attorney wrote in the request to take the deposition in Connecticut, where ESPN is based.
An ESPN spokesman said the network has not been served with a subpoena in the case and therefore had no comment.
Jeremy Mayfield, quoted in the ESPN.com article and other media outlets, accused his stepmother of being involved in the death of his father, Terry, who died Sept. 5, 2007.
About five weeks after Lisa Mayfield filed her defamation suit against Jeremy, he filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her, which also is pending in North Carolina Superior Court.
Jeremy Mayfield is challenging in court his suspension from NASCAR for a drug test that allegedly was positive for methamphetamines. NASCAR has filed an affidavit from Lisa Mayfield where she states she saw him use methamphetamines.
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