Now, during her deposition, Uber’s lawyer Taylor Silverberg zeroed in on Ms. Doe’s behavior on the night she was raped. Ms. Silverberg asked Ms. Doe exactly how much Tito’s vodka she had drunk, how many milligrams of Adderall she had taken and whether she had “felt regret” about mixing the two. And she asked Ms. Doe what she had been wearing. “Can you describe the dress?” Ms. Silverberg said. “Were you wearing heels or boots or flats?”
Ms. Silverberg also probed Ms. Doe’s childhood, asking if she had felt abandoned by her father or degraded by her mother.
She pushed Ms. Doe for details about consensual sex and asked whether she had previously been sexually abused or had sex in exchange for money. That is when her lawyer ended the deposition.
“I am not anywhere near done,” Ms. Silverberg protested. “It’s her lawsuit, and I have an obligation to defend my client to the best of my ability,” she added.
Later, she offered an apology: “I know this is hard for you, Ms. Doe. I am sorry. I really am. But ——”
“I’m grateful it is ending,” Ms. Doe said, interrupting. “This kills me,” she added.