Judge denies request to depose media mogul Sumner Redstone

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California judge has denied a request to depose Sumner Redstone made by a former girlfriend after lawyers for the 92-year-old media mogul said they do not plan to call him to testify at a trial over his mental competence. Attorneys for Manuela Herzer had argued in court filings that they should be allowed to take Redstone’s deposition because he had planned to testify at a trial scheduled to start on May 6. At a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Cou