A statement that someone is a homosexual is not defamation per se in New York state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling comes in a suit brought by Howard K. Stern, the lawyer and former lover of tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith. Stern claims Rita Cosby defamed him in her book "Blond Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death," with statements such as the suggestion that he had engaged in sex with the man ultimately determined to be the father of Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
August 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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A statement that someone is a homosexual is not defamation per se in New York state, a federal judge has ruled.
Southern District of New York Judge Denny Chin said in a ruling Wednesday that a “veritable sea change in attitudes about homosexuality” has led him to conclude that today the New York Court of Appeals would not hold that calling someone a homosexual was defamation per se.
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