But but isnt doooooooxxxxing illegal
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stop being so tahwxic u guis lol
Doxxing is completely illegal, as is doxxxing and doxxxxing and it gets more illegal the more xes it has in it.
Luckily for us, we don't do that here.
Here, we dox people, which is completely legal.
So how much do you want to bet that when these loafers are being grilled, instead of answering or lying they just shut their mouths and refuse to speak at all.
Like a kindergartner who refuses to admit when they made the mess, and just clam up.
Here is what happens if you do that.
First, they continue repeating the question or move on to other questions. If it becomes clear that you simply aren't going to answer, or you walk out of the deposition, they file a motion to compel with the court.
Along with that, they file a proposed order on the motion, which requires you to answer questions within the proper scope of a deposition.
PROTIP: the proper scope of a deposition is vast and short of attorney/client privileged material, it includes more or less anything. It need not even be directly relevant to the case, nor need it turn up admissible evidence. The usual language is: "reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." In practice, that's vastly broad.
The fact that you don't want to answer the questions is irrelevant.
If you lose the motion to compel, the order is entered, and it is automatic that you have to pay the attorney fees for the winning side in a discovery dispute-related motion. Parties are not supposed to fuck up discovery to the point the court has to get involved, so this punishment is automatic.
Discovery dispute fees can end up costing more than the entire amount the lawsuit is about, and it's not unheard-of for someone to win their lawsuit and end up still losing huge amounts of money on attorney fees related to discovery disputes.
Also, in addition to paying these fees, you now have to go back into deposition and answer those questions.
If you still refuse, now it is contempt of court, which has civil and criminal penalties. The court will generally issue monetary sanctions for starters, for instance, several thousand dollars a day until you comply.
If you don't have any money and this is clearly not going to compel you, the next step is simply to lock you up until you comply. This lasts until you either do comply or the case is over, however long that takes.
So simply refusing to answer questions is probably absolutely the best outcome the plaintiffs could hope for.
This isn't even all a court can do if you refuse to testify. If you're a party, the court can simply strike any defenses you have and automatically decide the case against you.