re: Will Goodell ever testify in Vilmas defamation suit?

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The Fifth Amendment only applies to criminal proceedings.

This is a civil proceeding.

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The Supreme Court has said a bunch of times that you can use it in civil proceedings. And there is a very strict scrutiny on when you cannot. It would take alot for the court to tell Goodell he cannot assert that right, and my guess is they would just let him do it.