According to Pitchfork, Peep’s management company First Access Entertainment (FAE) and Mercer asked the judge to seal seven pages of documents, including Mercer’s texts to FAE colleagues, arguing that they contained information that was private or self-incriminating.

 Womack’s lawyers responded, “These seven pages help tell the story of the drug-infected mismanagement that is part of [Womack’s] central narrative and led to her son’s death.” They argued, “What these documents mostly contain are exchanges that reveal FAE tour management as dangerous, discordant, inept, and engaged in conduct that contributed to [Peep] ‘s death.”