San Diego Mayor Bob Filner’s office refused to accept a subpoena from the city attorney’s office Thursday, the U-T San Diego reported.
“Our investigators tried to serve him directly with a subpoena and they were told to go away by Lee Burdick,” City Attorney Jan Goldsmith told the U-T. Burdick is Filner’s newly-minted chief of staff.
The subpoena was to be served for a deposition in the suit filed by attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of Filner’s former communications director, Irene McCormack, who accused Filner of sexual harassment.
“Our lawyers have scheduled a deposition with Mr. Filner, coordinating with Gloria Allred, for August 9,” Goldsmith told the U-T. “The purpose of the deposition is to put him under oath and get his side of the story. That is what due process is.”
