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Article: Eisner says his peace; Mouse exec tries to mollify in final day on stand.(Michael D. Eisner)(cases)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- November 22, 2004
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On his final day of testimony in the Delaware shareholder trial, Michael Eisner tried to keep up his conciliatory tone as he faced another day of exacting cross-examination.
In almost self-deprecating fashion, Eisner said he didn't actually believe everything bad he wrote about Ovitz in memos and notes he fired off during Ovitz's brief, 14-month run as Eisner's No. 2 in the mid-1990s.
"I wrote a lot of stuff, much of which I shouldn't have," Eisner testified Friday.
The normally lofty Mouse House chieftain even had some kind words for home: "I don't think the Hollywood that was depicted in this courtroom earlier or that is cliched in articles ...