Houston said he thinks the ruling has implications for other cases where civil and criminal trials run at the same time.
A spokeswoman for the casino declined comment.
Francis spent several hours invoking his Fifth Amendment rights during questioning from Wynn lawyers, even on questions like whether he was married or lived with anyone in his home, the ruling said.
“Do you have a father?” one of Wynn’s lawyers asked during the deposition, according to a transcript provided in the Thursday ruling.
“I think everyone has a father. Yes,” Francis responded, according to the transcript.
“OK, is he living?” the lawyer asked.
“Right to remain silent,” Francis said.
Houston said that because of a likely miscommunication, Francis believed he had to invoke the Fifth Amendment rights across the board to avoid being accused of picking and choosing questions to not answer.
The civil ruling came three weeks after a district court judge in Las Vegas threw out a case charging the soft-porn mogul criminally with theft and passing a bad check. The judge in that case ruled that Wynn waited too long to redeem the casino marker, or IOU, that was used to grant Francis casino credit.
Casino markers in Nevada are treated as bad checks.
After the criminal dismissal, Francis proclaimed victory in a news release and 남양주출장마사지 told the AP that he wanted to go after the casino and its billionaire chief executive, Steve Wynn, for false prosecution.
“They did stuff that if you or I did it, we’d be in jail,” Francis said in an interview. “They manipulated the entire process.”
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