02/05/10

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A lawyer for a former cocktail waitress
questioned Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons under oath for a lawsuit
alleging Gibbons orchestrated a cover-up after the woman accused
him of grabbing her outside a bar in 2006.

Aides to lawyers on both sides said Friday's deposition was
conducted behind closed doors at the federal courthouse in Las
Vegas.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen resolved a dispute between the
two sides Thursday, by picking the downtown courthouse as a neutral
and secure site.

Robert Kossack represents Chrissy Mazzeo. She accuses Gibbons of
accosting her outside a Las Vegas restaurant after a night drinking
with friends in October 2006.

Gibbons, a Republican congressman at the time, was campaigning
for governor.

Mazzeo alleges she was retaliated against when she went public
shortly before Gibbons' election.

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