In civil cases you're allowed to draw adverse inferences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/28/what-happens-if-you-take-the-fift

In civil cases you're allowed to draw adverse inferences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/28/what-happens-if-you-take-the-fifth-in-a-civil-case/?utm_term=.684fe112bb3d https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_inference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_inference