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\n\tGloria Trevi<\/a> notched a courtroom win Wednesday, securing the right to force about two dozen witnesses living in Mexico to sit for depositions before Mexican judges, if necessary, as she fights claims she helped run a child sex ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tLos Angeles County Judge Jared D. Moses ruled Trevi can compel the testimony under Mexican court rules, but he ordered her legal team to coordinate with lawyers for four Jane Doe plaintiffs accusing her of abuse tied to an alleged sex cult involving her former manager Sergio Andrade. Trevi denies the allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tKaren Menzies, the lead lawyer for the Jane Does, told the court Wednesday that two of the Mexico-based witnesses Trevi wants to question are alleged survivors of the sex ring. In filings, Menzies said five witnesses had already agreed to testify voluntarily, so she argued there was no need to involve the Mexican court system.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter the hearing in Pasadena, supporters of the Jane Does warned that forcing witnesses to testify before Mexican judges could intimidate them and risk derailing the Oct. 20 trial date. \u201cThis is going to scare them. It\u2019s giving power back to the Mexican authorities,\u201d Modesta Lopez, who was leading the group of women dressed in matching T-shirts, tells Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI don\u2019t think the Jane Does will get justice if the courts in Mexico are involved. This will silence them and delay the case. We don\u2019t want that,\u201d fellow supporter Teresa Becerra says.<\/p>\n \n\tAppearing by video at the hearing, Menzies told the court she feared giving judges in Mexico power over the depositions would limit her ability to ask follow-up questions on cross-examination. \u201cThey don\u2019t necessarily ask all the questions that we request. They can choose which questions they want to ask,\u201d she told the judge.<\/p>\n \n\tA lawyer for Trevi pushed back when Menzies suggested the parties could work out a detailed list of questions approved by Judge Moses ahead of time. He said the international treaty governing the process \u201cclearly provides that it\u2019s up to the Mexican judge to proceed as he sees fit, regardless of what the parties provide.\u201d<\/p>\n