Kelly: I’ve done some research on Mr. Cohen and he’s in the past made interviews about having used legal and illegal dugs. Court; No, we’re not going to get into the issue of his drug use. (RT 433) Streeter: Can I? Court: Yes.Streeter: Perhaps if the court recalls I never specifically asked Mr. Cohen --Court: You did not. Streeter: There was a reason why I never did because I had a feeling when he wrote and what he wrote -- (RT 433) Streeter: And just so I’m clear. The people mentioned the drug usage not to use as defamatory. That was more as a common scheme and plan and I did it for the emails and the voice mail messages. That was the reason the people did that. (RT 433) Kelly: I will say they spent a big portion of the emails highlighting the drug use and in fact a lot of those messages referred to prior drug use and not necessarily current drug use. Court: Whether he used drugs or not used drugs is not the issue and to the
extent they refer to the issue - I mean, to the extent that you bring up that subject, it goes to the issue of whether the calls were during the course of business, et cetera, et cetera. (RT 434)
