{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Option","title":"Episode 155: Michael Ovitz, CAA, and the Deposition He Walked Out Of","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/997af064\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":195,"description":"CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz was ordered by a New York state court to complete his deposition in the Julia Ormond sexual assault lawsuit after walking out of questioning in June when pressed on his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Justice Adam Silvera declined to hold Ovitz in contempt or issue a bench warrant — but explicitly warned that Ovitz \"inappropriately terminated\" the deposition and must return to finish it. For agents, executives, and studio leadership, this case is a live demonstration of how institutional conduct from the 1990s continues to generate legal and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4RKcc1IGb7a3BJ1dndiWrVMcYNS3d-RHc5yAO2mJR8g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zODVm/MzRmM2IxNDUwOWZj/NDg0NGJhMjhjOTI2/MmZhMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}