DirecTV Says Letting Defenses Stand Would Cause It ‘Undue Prejudice’

DirecTV stands by its arguments the four defendants in its fraud case “fail to state a valid, legal, affirmative defense to the claims asserted” by DirecTV, said the company's reply brief Monday (docket 6:22-cv-00423) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Tyler in support of its motion to strike those defenses (see 2302210006). DirecTV alleges the defendants are part of an unlawful scheme to steal money from consumers by impersonating DirecTV telemarketers. Allowing the defendants to amend their defenses, or letting any of the affirmative defenses stand, would cause DirecTV “undue prejudice,” said the reply. DirecTV contends the affirmative defenses are nothing more than blanket denials of DirecTV's claims, and that's why they should be thrown out.