INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of the country duo Sugarland want to wait until May to give depositions in lawsuits over a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair because they're preparing to tour.
Court motions expected to be filed in an Indianapolis court by Thursday seek to quash a request that they provide the depositions next week to attorneys for the company that built the stage rigging involved in the Aug. 13 collapse. Seven people died and dozens more were injured.
Sugarland spokesman Allan Mayer says Nettles and Bush aren't refusing to give depositions but "are simply refusing to be bullied into doing so on short notice."
A Friday hearing on the deposition request is scheduled.
A message seeking comment was left with an attorney for the staging company.
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