…Cosby”) (attached as Exhibit A). In Cosby, the court denied Bill Cosby’s motion to dismiss the sexual assault victim’s defamation complaint, holding that Cosby’s “suggestion that Plaintiff intentionally lied about being sexually assaulted” could expose plaintiff to…
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…inter alia, Plaintiff was widely reputed prior to any such communication to be a liar, a person who falsifies claims of sexual assault, and a sexually permissive woman, because Plaintiff already had substantial mental and medical conditions that pre-existed…
…4 law of defamation stands by their side. It does not allow 5 someone to publically proclaim they're a liar and issue 6 character assaults on them without ramifications. 7 After those statements were made, we filed this 8 …
…of the record, and nothing in the instant motion should lead to a different conclusion. Additionally, Cernovich’s previous statements regarding sexual assault belie his professed purpose of promoting “openness in the judicial branch,” (Mot. at 3), and instead point…
…this is Meredith Schultz for 22 the plaintiff. The next article in the omnibus motion is to 23 exclude testimony references to prior sexual assault. This is 24 an issue that I spoke on yesterday related to another motion 25…
…Doc.892, at 4-10. It found that “the parties and multiple deponents have reasonably relied on the Protective Order in giving testimony and producing documents including evidence of assault, medical records, and emails,” and “[t]hird-party witnesses have…
…names and 16 substituting initials and things like that. They don't 17 identify the names of victims of sexual assaults. 18 But the law is such that we have to decide what 19 standard applies. But in any event…
…of, or witnesses to, sexual abuse and sexual crimes. Indeed, even when they are plaintiffs, “sexual assault victims are a paradigmatic example of those entitled to a grant of anonymity.” Doe No. 2 v. Kolko, 242 F.R.D. 193…
…Harass, And Intimidate........................................................17 II. Ms. Giuffre Has Properly Pled A Defamation Claim............................................18 A. Viewed In Context, Defendant’s Assault On Ms. Giuffre Is Defamatory.. ...…
…among other things, that Cosby defamed an alleged sexual assault victim by issuing statements to the press describing the allegations against him as “unsubstantiated, fantastical stories…[that] have escalated far past the point of absurdity.” (Ex. A at 8…
…others that he has never reported to any law enforcement even though he claims that he witnessed potential kidnappings and sexual assaults on children.5 Plaintiff’s claim that Mr. Rizzo is an “example of delay that has harmed [her…
…the discovery sought from the Maxwell case is believed to be particularly relevant to Dershowitz’s defense of the sexual assault claims which Giuffre has brought against him on the theory that he was “on notice” that she was being…
…demonstrated at length at Ms. Maxwell’s recent criminal trial, this case concerns the widespread abuse, sexual assault and trafficking of minors. It was only after and because of Intervenors' investigative reporting that Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell were arrested…
…motion. Doc.892. Among other things, the Court found that “the parties and multiple deponents have reasonably relied on the Protective Order in giving testimony and producing documents including evidence of assault, medical records, and emails.” Id. at 6. Mr…
…others that he has never reported to any law enforcement even though he claims that he witnessed potential kidnappings and sexual assaults on children.5 Plaintiff’s claim that Mr. Rizzo is an “example of delay that has harmed [her…
…Protective Order’s restrictions. Professor Cassell and Mr. Edwards have worked with confidentiality orders in many other cases, including cases involving sexual assault victims, and they are confident that compliance here will not be a problem. Therefore, the Court should…
…Supp. 3d at 445 (summarily concluding that all “[t]he Summary Judgment Judicial Documents openly refer to and discuss these allegations [of sexual assault and sexual trafficking] in comprehensive detail, and that those allegations “establish[] a strong privacy interest here…
…against the unilateral disclosure that Mr. Dershowitz seeks. Those interests are particularly acute given that the psychological and emotional wellbeing of survivors of alleged sexual assaults may be implicated by such a broad disclosure. Indeed, protecting such interests is one…
…others that he has never reported to any law enforcement even though he claims that he witnessed potential kidnappings and sexual assaults on children.5 Plaintiff’s claim that Mr. Rizzo is an “example of delay that has harmed [her…