Insisting on handwriting expert.

Alred is saying they will permit an independent expert to review the handwriting sample.

... or something very close to that.

Allred calls Moore's bluff and raises stakes

That is going to get paid a boatload of money to come out and say the signature is a fake.

You don't really think they're going through this charade in order to conclude that it's legit, do you?

media. He made his TOTALLY UNBIASED analysis based on video captures from the press conference.

say that his assistant was going around signing his name to high school girls yearbooks...this is ABSURD.

I am surprised a lawyer and a judge don't know this

he doesn't actually dispute that he wrote in her yearbook. Rather, he's casting doubt on the date and other trivialities.

When, then, did he pen the passionate prose? Is he suggesting that, years later, she whipped out her yearbook and had him add his two creepy cents?

Or the whole book, for that matter.

Muddying the waters. Nothing more. Nothing less.