The tapes, which Medlar says she recorded in the early 1990's to document Cisneros's promise to support her financially, were the subject of an exhaustive three-week hearing on the admissability of the recordings.
In court arguments, Cisneros's attorneys, Brendan Sullivan and Barry Simon, argued the tapes were not admissible because they were made in an illegal attempt to extort money from Cisneros.
The Cisneros family's commitment to sharing its treasures with the rest of the world signals the kind of openness and transparency that most collectors avoid.