Nancy Grace's lawyers seek to bar video

OCALA, Fla., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Lawyers for cable television host Nancy Grace say video cameras should be banned when she is deposed in Atlanta in the case of a mother who killed herself.

Grace is to be questioned Thursday in a lawsuit brought against her by the estate of Melinda Duckett of Leesburg, Fla., who shot herself Sept. 8, 2006, shortly before her interview with Grace was to be aired on CNN's Headline News.

Duckett was questioned by Grace in the disappearance of Duckett's missing 2-year-old son Trenton. Police said Duckett was a suspect in the August 2006 disappearance of the boy, who never was found.

Duckett's estate alleged Grace intentionally inflicted emotional distress on Duckett.

Videotaping Thursday's deposition could mean "annoyance, embarrassment, oppression and undue harm (to Grace) should the videotape be released prior to trial for purposes unrelated to the litigation," said the emergency motion filed Monday in federal court in Ocala, Fla.

In a response filed Monday, a lawyer for Duckett's estate called the motion frivolous and untruthful, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.