Battle over control of CBS reignites questions about Sumner Redstone's capacity
As CBS Corp. grapples with an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by its chief executive, the company's high-stakes legal battle against its controlling shareholder family took center stage Wednesday in a Delaware courtroom.
During a hearing to determine what evidence could be used to prepare for a trial in October, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Andre Bouchard denied CBS' request that its lawyers be allowed to grill 95-year-old Sumner Redstone in a deposition. But the judge expressed "a great deal of skepticism" that the elderly mogul had a grasp on the decisions that were being made in his name by his family's investment firm, National Amusements
