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Lloyd Lake understood his civil suit against former Southern Cal running back and 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and his family could be a long and arduous legal process. The suit over alleged benefits remains unsettled since it was filed in San Diego County Court in October 2007.

Tuesday's news that NCAA investigators appear to be building a case to show that USC has demonstrated a lack of institutional control and failure to monitor some aspects of its football and men's basketball programs did not surprise San Diego attorney Brian Watkins, a lawyer for Lake.

Will the drama never cease?

Lloyd Lake walked out on Tuesday before giving a scheduled deposition in connection with the lawsuit he filed against New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush.

At issue was a person in attendance in possession of a gun, which apparently spooked Lake. Yahoo! News, which appears to be 100% in the bag for Lake, recounts what appeared to be a menacing person staring directly at him and revealing a gun during the deposition. It appears based on the ESPN story that this person was a member of Bush's private security outfit.

Lake, fearing for his safety, said no mas to the scheduled deposition after that.

From ESPN's story, Bush's side contends that Lake had made a pair of threats in December against Bush. Law enforcement and private security allegedly advised Bush to take extra precaution especially after Lake's attorney allegedly told Bush's attorney that he could not control Lake, a former alleged gang member, if Bush didn't pay up. Got all that?

Basically, welcome to civil court hell, but with guns and intimidation. Don't ever get divorced, kids. Or allegedly leave a business partner in the lurch for large sums of cash.