NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A judge has dismissed the petition to put the father of actress Reese Witherspoon in an emergency conservatorship and refused to open any records related to it.
The Tennessean reported that all parties, including a court-appointed guardian, agreed Monday to stop seeking a conservatorship to oversee the finances of Dr. John Witherspoon.
Judge Randy Kennedy rejected an attempt by the newspaper and WSMV-TV to open records and hearings in the case.
Kennedy said making the records public would cause unnecessary embarrassment and likened efforts to report on the case to tabloid journalism.
Robb Harvey, lawyer for the news organizations, said the high burden for closing court proceedings to the public wasn't met in this case.
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