Humiliating and demeaning questions are not permitted.

Karme v. Commissioner, 673 F.2d 1062, 1065 (9th Cir. 1982) (holding, in taxpayers' claim for deduction, that the tax court properly admitted into evidence the bank records and testimony under the residual hearsay....A statement is admissible under the hearsay exception created by Federal Rule of Evidence 807 or a comparable State rule only if circumstantial evidence shows that the affected statement is as trustworthy as the statements that are made admissible by the hearsay exceptions created by Federal Rules of Evidence 803 and 804 or by comparable State rules.

United States v. Cisneros-Gutierrez, 517 F.3d 751, 757-758 (5th Cir. 2008) (upholding trial court's admission of the redacted factual resume of defendant's brother which stated that defendant delivered the methamphetamine as a prior....A positive or direct contradiction between the testimony at the trial or proceeding and a prior statement is not required to make the prior statement "inconsistent" for purposes of the hearsay exemption created by Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) or by a comparable State rule. It is sufficient if there is a disparity between the two statements such that a reasonable person might question the credibility of the person who made them.

Cf. Pennsylvania v. Ritchie, 480 U.S. 39, 58 (1987) (accused charged with sexual offenses against his daughter; held, accused had constitutional right "to have the CYS [Children and Youth Services] file [which was confidential under state law] reviewed by the trial court to determine whether it...A nonconstitutional privilege sometimes must yield to a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine an adverse witness in a criminal trial. A nonconstitutional privilege privilege may have to yield to a criminal defendant's Confrontation Right when the privilege shields evidence or facts (particularly evidence or facts showing bias) that have significant probative value on the credibility of an adverse witness in a criminal trial who testifies about material facts in issue.