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IN

THE

SUPERIOR STATE

CIVIL

JONATHAN

ACTION

COURT OF

OF

DEKALB

COUNTY

GEHORGIA

FILE

NO:

21CV9795

SWEATMAN,

Plaintiff, Vv.

SARAH

ZEEMAN,

Respondent/Counterclaim Petitioner, V.

JONATHAN

SWEATMAN,

Counterclaim

Videoconferenced JONATHAN

the

RUSSELL

to

SWEATMAN,

notice

with

parties

July

11th,

10:33

a.m.

p.m.

deposition taken

Respondent/Counterclaim

pursuant

of

Barbara

on

of behalf

of

Petitioner,

and

agreement

of

counsel,

appearing

remotely,

on

Tuesday,

2023,

and

commencing

concluding day,

at

at

the

the

the

same

J.

Memory,

Registered

Certified

Georgia

Reporter,

Respondent.

remotely

hour

hour

of

reported

of

12:53 by

Professional

Reporter.

CERTIFIED

(G(O) AdvancedONE is now LEGAL

pLEXITAS

JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

v

SARAH

Page

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

07/11/2023

APPEARANCES

Appearing

remotely

on

behalf

of

Jonathan

Sweatman: TIMOTHY

LL.

MITCHELL,

CHELSEA

T.

COOKE,

ESQUIRE

Cruser,

Mitchell,

Novitz,

Meridian

275

II,

Suite

Scientific

Peachtree

ESQUIRE

Sanchez

&

Zimet,

LLP

2000

Drive

Corners,

Georgia

30092

404.881.2622 tmitchell@cmlawfirm.com

ccooke@cmlawfirm.com

Appearing

remotely

on

behalf

of

Sarah

Zeeman:

10 JEFF

11 12

BANKS,

MORISI

Banks

Riedel,

970

&

Walnut

Macon, 13

ESQUIRE

ANTHONY

PC

Street

Georgia

31201

478.254.3230

banksnriedel@gmail.com 14

15

BRETT

LEDERMEIER,

McLain

16

11625

&

Merritt,

Rainwater

Alpharetta, ‘7

ESQUIRE

PC

Drive,

Georgia

Suite

125

30009

404.365.4566 bledermeier@mmatllaw.com

18 19

NOAH

CALDWELL,

Swift, 20

1355

Currie,

Peachtree

Atlanta, 21

ESQUIRE

McGhee Street,

Georgia

&

Hiers, NE,

LLP

Suite

300

30309

404.888.6203

noah.caldwell@swiftcurrie.com 22

23

Also

Remotely

Present:

Sarah

Julia

Zeeman

Respondent /Counterclaim 24

Petitioner

25

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JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

v

JONATHAN RUSSELL

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to

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OF

NO

CONTRACT

Memory,

do

hereby

10.B

of

the

Rules

Board

of

Court

Council

Inc.

Page

07/11/2023

Article

Regulations

Reporting,

ZEEMAN

DISCLOSURE

Barbara

pursuant

the

SARAH

SWEATMAN,

was

of

Georgia,

court

services

for

this

deposition

10

contract

that

is

prohibited by

11

15-14-37(a)

12

deposition.

13

There

and

is

14

services

15

person

16

principal

17

attorney

18

action,

19

this

action,

20

this

action.

21

Memory

23

have

no

with

or

reporting

and

there

is

no

O.C.G.A. of

provide

this

reporting

Inc.

or

any

whom Memory

Reporting,

Inc.

has

a

relationship,

nor

agency

in

party

or

this

having

agent

all

action, a

for

disclosed

usual

and

party

financial

an

financial

Reporting's

been

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taking

to

of

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law

and

the

Reporting

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at

for

contract

between

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and

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contacted by

to provide

disclose

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to

interest

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at

arrangements

and

customary

offered

to

this

all

law

rates

parties.

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in

beyond

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SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

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v

SARAH

SWEATMAN,

INDEX

Page

ZEEMAN

07/11/2023

OF

EXAMINATIONS

Page

JONATHAN

RUSSELL

Examination

SWEATMAN

By

Mr.

Banks

10 11

12 13 14

15

16 17

18 19 20 21 22

23 24

25

(GO) AdvancedONE is now ple XITAS LEGAL

6

4

JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

v

SARAH

INDEX

OF

Page

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

07/11/2023

PLAINTIFF'S

No.

Description

4

Photograph

of

1

Survey

and

Proposed

3

Letter

Dated

from to

2

Diana

Letter

Dated and

Sarah

Photograph

Deck

17 Site

December

and

Sarah

Ms.

5

Page

Ms.

Jonathan

EXHIBITS

8,

Jonathan

Plan

22

2019

26

Sweatman

Zeeman

June

25,

Diana

2021

Sweatman

from

29

to

Zeeman

of

Two

Houses

of

Two

Air

in

42

Question 10 11 11 12

Photograph

64

Conditioners 13

Photograph and

Air

of

Posts

in

Ground

72

Conditioner

13

9 14

15

Photograph

of

Air

Conditioner

74

of

Air

Conditioner

74

Photograph

of

Drain

Turquoise

PVC

Pipe

and

1‘7

Pad

Photograph and

Pad

16 14 177

with

18

15

Photograph

of

Turquoise

19

16

Photograph

of

a

Tree

93

PVC

Stump

Pipe

94 96

20 21 22

23 24

25

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SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

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v

SARAH

JONATHAN

having

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

been

Page

07/11/2023

RUSSELL

SWEATMAN,

produced

and

first

duly

testified

as

follows:

sworn,

RXAMINATION

BY

MR.

BANKS:

Q.

Mr.

My name

is

Sweatman,

Jeff Have

we met

Banks. you

I

a

few weeks

represent

Ms.

ago.

Zeeman.

ever had your deposition

taken before? No.

Q. about

Okay.

to

hear

is

your

lawyer,

hear Ms.

Zeeman's

questions

and you This

a

few

couple

our

opportunity

story before

and your

is

a

brief points

it. This

get

Just

of

course,

get

to

I

have

answer

kind

lady

that

rules

over you

easy to

on that.

and you try

--

life

a

what

both

it's

easy to

living hell

probably

of as

us bad

not

are

not

talk

do,

but

saying

at

as

to

you

swore

try

to

get

them.

so

she

it

to

say,

I'11

of

court,

ask

just

because

about

kind

to

going

story. to

go

is

taking down everything we couple

we

to

as

you

far

makes

can't

as

to talk

over me.

it

in

It's

her

write

once.

I'm

anybody

else.

down

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JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

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v

SARAH

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likes

answer.

but

if

I

finish very

the middle

do,

the

to

type

transcript

won't

to

an

later,

to

tend

but

she

do

that,

answer before that

makes

because

she's

stuff

so

we'll

understand my

feelings.

say

have

it.

I'll

rephrase

other

than

that,

just

"I

--

don't

just

questions. if

you

--—

ask.

A.

Thank

Q.

Okay.

have

any

how this

questions

works,

for me

you're

Okay? you.

State

your

full

name

for

the

you

have

record.

any

A.

Jonathan

Q.

Okay.

relatives

in

Russell

And Mr. DeKalb

A.

My

Q.

Okay.

A.

Correct.

Sweatman.

Sweatman,

do

County?

wife. No

others?

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I

it

question,

Just

and

how we're

welcome

not

again,

this

don't

my

it,"

And

about

And

all

try

start

read

you

And

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I'll

question,

I

it.

hurt

understand

answer

to

up

of If

you

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question.

unfortunately,

of my

you might

difficult

going

Page

07/11/2023

sometimes,

to pause an

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

a

JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

JONATHAN RUSSELL

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v

SARAH

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

Okay.

Page

07/11/2023

And do

you

work

for

Cirrus

Designs? A.

Correct.

Q.

And you're

A.

Correct.

Q.

And

--

A.

My

title

sales

is

airplane

--

my

salesman?

title

is

regional

director. Q.

there

Okay.

anybody

DeKalb

case

an

No.

Q.

The were

obviously, buddies

else

as

far

with

as

you

Cirrus

know,

working

is

in

County?

A.

we

And

reason to

we

and

have

don't

I

constructed a

on the

you

fence, did

that?

jury

want

For

know

When

construct

a

relatives

Okay. deposition,

I'm asking you

the

you

It

--

--

trial,

your the

you

friends

in

know, and

jury.

purpose you

of

--

fence

the

--

this

you

is

when

can being

that,

up

now.

did you

an

approximate

I'm going

to

refer

if

a

question

date.

as

A.

October

Q.

Okay.

the

"new

2021. So

fence,"

I

have

to

that about

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JONATHAN

SWEATMAN

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that.

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v

SARAH

the

okay?

Yes,

Sir.

what

builder,

fence,

that

was

Q.

Who put

the

previous

fence

in?

A.

Nobody

knows

that.

Nobody

can

Sir.

that.

Q.

So

A.

No,

Q.

It

A.

Yes,

Q.

So

have

no

it

was

there

when

you moved

in?

Sir. was

there

you idea

you moved

lived there, who put

That

Q.

Okay.

year

did you move

A.

1994,

Q.

And you else

after

in?

Sir.

A.

is

it

but

you

no

-—-

but

up?

correct. But

it

wasn't

there

when

--

in?

didn't

pay

for

the

fence;

did?

A.

That

is

Q.

Who

was

A.

John

Thompson.

Q.

Have

you

at

put

correct?

No,

somebody

case

previous

A.

establish

you

Page

07/11/2023

that

And the in by

ZEEMAN

SWEATMAN,

correct. your

neighbor back

spoken

to

then?

him about

this

all?

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Q.

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did you

A.

18

to

months

Q.

Do

you

A.

I

Q.

Do

as

have.

you

that I'm

it

Can

A.

Area

my

--

Q.

can

have

it

I'm

you

him?

ago. phone

number?

on

you,

or

is

it

need to provide?¶

give

code

I'm

it

--

looking

at

it

right

any

reason

to me?

excuse

WITNESS:

why

I

neighbor's

Banks?

MR.

MITCHELL:

THE

WITNESS:

code

me.

Chelsea,

Mr.

Area MR.

his

you'll

previous

with

have

to

happens.

Q.

there

24

speak

do.

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put

07/11/2023

I

A.

BY

Page

ZEEMAN

A.

something

now,

v

SWEATMAN,

Tim,

wouldn't phone

is share

number

(Indicating). Okay.

(405) 840-1119.

BANKS:

Okay.

And do

you

remember

it

being

up?

A.

No,

Q.

It's

I

do

not.

just

been

there

as

that's

too

broad

a

long

as

you

remember? A.

No,

statement.

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