{"id":142492,"date":"2026-01-23T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=142492"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:21:31","slug":"uber-moves-for-mistrial-in-sexual-assault-bellwether-trial-citing-cynical-theatrics-and-sandbagging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/23\/uber-moves-for-mistrial-in-sexual-assault-bellwether-trial-citing-cynical-theatrics-and-sandbagging\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Moves for Mistrial in Sexual Assault Bellwether Trial, Citing ‘Cynical Theatrics’ and ‘Sandbagging’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber’s mistrial motion, filed on Thursday, said, “While surprise courtroom appearances and supposedly \u2018bombshell’ evidence are the stuff of television dramas, they have no place in actual courtrooms, which require proper disclosures to avoid surprise or prejudice.”<\/p>\n

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Uber’s mistrial motion, filed on Thursday, said, “While surprise courtroom appearances and supposedly \u2018bombshell’ evidence are the stuff of television dramas, they have no place in actual courtrooms, which require proper disclosures to avoid surprise or prejudice.”<\/p>\n

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Uber’s mistrial motion, filed on Thursday, said, “While surprise courtroom appearances and supposedly \u2018bombshell’ evidence are the stuff of television dramas, they have no place in actual courtrooms, which require proper disclosures to avoid surprise or prejudice.” \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uber’s mistrial motion, filed on Thursday, said, “While surprise courtroom appearances and supposedly \u2018bombshell’ evidence are the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":142493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-com"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/legal-news-BjPJQz.jpg?fit=767%2C505&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142499,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142492\/revisions\/142499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}