Ex-CEO Pardoned by Trump Refuses to Testify in Antitrust Suit

Longtime sports and entertainment executive Tim Leiweke declined to answer Justice Department questions on Thursday as part of a civil antitrust case, according to people familiar with the matter. Earlier this week he received a presidential pardon in a separate bid-rigging case.

Leiweke, the former chief executive officer of sports and entertainment company Oak View Group LLC, invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination during a deposition related to the federal government’s case accusing Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster business of monopolizing much of the live music industry, said the people. The people, who asked not to be ...