Chris Gabehart, Spire Chief Racing Officer, through his attorneys asked the court to deny Joe Gibbs Racing’s latest expedited discovery motions, saying the court already authorized limited discovery and that JGR lacks evidence while he seeks deleted texts with Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson.
Joe Gibbs Racing is suing Chris Gabehart for more than $8 million, alleging he stole trade secrets for Spire and later added Spire to the suit; Gabehart has denied sharing proprietary data and countered that JGR breached severance obligations.
Judge Susan C. Rodriguez granted limited expedited discovery, at which point Gabehart disclosed that texts with Jeff Dickerson were deleted and that Dickerson’s messages were removed by an auto-delete function.
Gabehart’s attorneys said pre-litigation forensics and initial expedited discovery turned up no verified disclosure of JGR confidential information and argued JGR’s new motions would improperly expand discovery and involve third parties without factual basis.
This report is based on information originally published by Motorsport.
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