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THREAD: Dan Reed's motion to quash US subpoenas that he and his production firm received by the estate on Sept. 21, 2020.

Dan has filed a court motion detailing his plans for LN:2 while attempting to quash the estate's subpoenas very recently lodged toward Dan and Amos Pictures.

Dan indicates he has been in LA county for a month "for the sole purpose of filming the proceedings of these cases" and that he will fly back to the UK on October 18, until next March.

He is officially hired by Channel 4 "News & Current Affairs" for the production of LN:Part 2.

For LN:2, Dan alleges it is "about current events taking place partly in public view...an unfolding narrative with multiple points of view. There are multiple parties involved...plaintiffs, defendants, and the Court"

He states it will premiere after the cases have concluded.

Dan met with Weitzman at his offices in June 2020 and was "optimistic" they'd allow him to film behind-the-scenes and do interviews, also including Branca and the defense attorneys representing MJ's companies in this case.

He sent multiple emails to them through September.

Weitzman has rejected participation for LN:2.

"Neither myself or anyone in my offices will participate in the documentary...for several reasons. Among them is the fact that you are already clearly on the record saying that you believe both accusers' stories without hesitation."

For those who noticed Dan following Paris on Twitter: In part that was because he sent HER a notice about LN before it premiered at Sundance—after pressers began circulating about it.🤮

He never solicited any comment or informed Jackson reps of it until after it was complete.

Dan has the nerve to suggest, in court, that LN is "impartial" and was not a one-sided film, because the media reviews loved it and said it was compelling.

Yet he admitted in his interviews he didn't bother contacting anyone who'd defend MJ because "they weren't in the room."

In another clear "penalty of perjury" Dan proclaims that "not one factual error" in LN has been brought to his attention.

He dispels all "anomalies" as "baseless" according to his crack team of researchers.

Yet Dan offered two demonstrably false excuses for Train Station LIE.

Dan says that he "deliberately steered away from discussion of the related court cases in anything except the most general terms" in LN.

Which is amusing given the entire premise of the film was so Wade and James would have another platform to tell their "truths".

On Sept. 21, 2020, MJ's estate served subpoenas on Dan and Amos Pictures to "personally appear for deposition and produce documents related to 'Leaving Neverland' and to the follow-up film currently in production."

Dan whines about motions from estate calling he & his film out.

The estate has requested through subpoena (Part 1):

- All raw footage of Wade, Joy, Chantal, Amanda, Shane, Lorraine (inc. outtakes)
- All contracts and releases signed by parties
- All documents evidencing payments to any parties directly or indirectly including to attorneys)

The estate has requested through subpoena (Part 2):

- All communications (or documents evidencing communications) with Wade or his family or any others and/or their representatives.
- All communications between Dan and anyone he ever requested or sought interviews for.

The estate has requested through subpoena (Part 3):

- All communications explaining "photos, audio clips, video clips, letters, faxes, gifts, mementos, memorabilia" supplied.
- All communications that "relate to the need to re-shoot, re-create, re-stage" any interview (💍🤦🏼‍♂️).

The estate is simultaneously filing international subpoenas that make similar requests via Hague Convention procedures.

An attorney for Amos and Reed argues that Dan is not a resident of the USA and therefore these US-based subpoena requests should be quashed.

After two meet-and-confers, the estate offered to (at least with respect to the US-based subpoenas):

a.) Limit the subpoenas to all of the UNPUBLISHED footage of the plaintiffs.

b.) Depose Reed and Amos Pictures only about that footage.

Channel 4 also put out an 8 page motion to quash the subpoenas. Their ramblings were mostly gushing over Dan as "one of the most internationally renowned" filmmakers to ever live & glowing LN reviews.

They attempt to paint the estate as wanting to "shoot the messenger" & so on.

Note that the estate did file a brief with the court on October 9 arguing against Dan filming in the court.

In this brief they detail the bias and fallacies with LN and Dan Reed himself.

This was another basis of Dan & Amos claiming none of that is true in their filings here.

The complete set of motions from Dan, Amos and Channel 4 including email exhibits can be downloaded below:

mjjr.net/docs/2020-10-1…