[SOT/:JENNIFER NETTLES/SINGER, SUGARLAND][Notes:MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA/APRIL 12]ATTORNEY: YOU YOURSELF KNOW THAT THOSE FACTORS, LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN, HIGH WINDS CAN IMPACT YOUR SAFETY.NETTLES: I WAS AWARE OF LIGHTNING AND ELECTRICUTION. AND HIGH WINDS COULD BE ASSUMED. I HADN'T HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.ATTORNEY: THERE'S TONS OF EQUIPMENT HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS THAT STAGE.NETTLES: THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.ATTY: I THINK THERE'S 16 TONS TO BE EXACT. DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT TO YOU?NETTLES: I DON'T KNOW.ATTY: YOU KNOW THEY'RE VERY BIG HEAVY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND IF THEY FALL FROM THE RAFTERS, THERE'S CERTAINLY A RISK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OR NEAR THE STAGE ARE GOING TO BE HURT. RIGHT?NETTLES: I'D NEVER CONSIDERED THAT UNTIL NOW.NETTLES: ONE COULD ASSUME THAT IF SOMETHING FELL, THAT PEOPLE COULD BE HURT.NETTLES: IF I AM PERFORMING IN THE WEATHER, THAT IS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. I DON'T RUMINATE ON WHAT WEATHER COULD AFFECT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ABOUT "WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE?"ATTY: RIGHT. BUT THAT'S IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.NETTLES: IT'S ALSO IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT IF I WALK ACROSS THE STREET I MIGHT GET HIT BY A CAR, BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT IT.(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: ROD JUSSIM ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: HANDOUT FROM ATTORNEY KENNETH J. ALLEN -----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: BOB MCCALL----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: COURTESY ATTORNEY KENNETH J. ALLEN----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: l9772BC-US--Indiana Fair-Stage Collapse, 4th-Write