In terms of pleading the Fifth you picked your source well: that’s the amoral shitbag that defended Casey Anthony and pulled every nasty lets-turn-this-courtroom-into-a-circus trick to do it.
If anyone would know when and how far a defendant can stretch pleading the Fifth, he would.
Pleading the 5th in civil trials can work against the defendant.
https://www.baezlawfirm.com/can-you-plead-the-fifth-in-a-civil-lawsuit/
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In terms of pleading the Fifth you picked your source well: that’s the amoral shitbag that defended Casey Anthony and pulled every nasty lets-turn-this-courtroom-into-a-circus trick to do it.
If anyone would know when and how far a defendant can stretch pleading the Fifth, he would.