“S—-y Media Men” list creator Moira Donegan’s legal team filed a letter with Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, arguing for motions to dismiss Stephen Elliott’s defamation lawsuit and to stay discovery until the judge rules on the motion, citing “the extraordinary weakness of [Elliott’s] allegations.” In a four-page letter, counsel Roberta A. Kaplan argues that Elliott’s self-promotional actions — as a writer and producer promoting his works at ‘publicity events,’ ‘interviews,’ and ‘panels’ — establish him as a public figure, who must therefore prove that Donegan acted “grossly irresponsibly” or “with actual malice” in publishing the claims against him, and that […]
