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The Taylor Swift trial resumed around 10:30 a.m. after a two-hour delay that cleared the courtroom of media and spectators for a hearing involving the judge and attorneys for Swift and former radio host David Mueller.

鈥淲e were dealing with some important legal matters that the law requires be done outside your presence,鈥� U.S. District Judge William Martinez told the jury as the trial resumed with Mueller again on the witness stand.

Dan Recht, an experienced trial lawyer, said the hearing most likely is about whether evidence can be presented to the jury.

It would be unusual, but not unheard of, for lawyers to make a settlement offer after opening statements and a poor performance by a witness, Recht said.聽If a settlement is offered, that information would not be discussed in open court and that fact a settlement was offered wouldn’t be public unless one parties releases information about it.

David Mueller, the plaintiff in the case, testified on Tuesday about the event at which Swift alleges that he thrust his hand underneath her dress and groped her.

Mueller looked uncomfortable on the stand, and Swift抖阴ap lawyer, J. Douglas Baldridge, several times pointed out that his testimony contradicted what he previously had said during a sworn deposition.

Attacking his credibility and motive, Baldridge painted Mueller as someone desperate for attention, cash and revenge.

Baldridge barraged Mueller with questions, at times talking over him. He asked Mueller if he wanted to be a shock-jock. He asked Mueller if he had sued KYGO, the employers who fired him. The answer: no.

He asked him why he didn’t initially report a story of another KYGO employee bragging about touching Swift’s bottom, which he testified about Tuesday. Mueller responded that he didn’t think it was pertinent.

By the end of the day, Baldridge began questioning Mueller about his emotional state during the alleged incident. He asked him if he was feeling isolated and alone. Mueller had said no, but Baldridge pointed to his under oath deposition when he had said those things.

Mueller also had to explain his reasons for , three of which contained recordings related to the lawsuit, and two that might also have held the recordings.