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Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court

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“You have seen evidence that Google Chat communications were deleted.”

Judge Donato just read this bit aloud, with no obvious reaction from the jury:

You have seen evidence that Google Chat communications were deleted with the intent to prevent their use in litigation. You may infer that the deleted Chat messages contained evidence that would have been unfavorable to Google in this case.

The judge did not change the tenor of his voice, though he’s personally pissed about this whole thing:

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