Anti-SLAPP Law Cited as Defense in Libel Suit Over Otis Redding Biography
Fulton County Daily Report
Lawyers representing a biographer of Otis Redding will ask a court to dismiss a $15 million libel suit brought against their client on the grounds that the book is protected by Georgia's Anti-SLAPP statute. At issue is whether the biography meets the law's definition of "public interest or concern." Redding's widow and his former business manager brought the suit, alleging the writer included unsubstantiated "street rumors" and lies in his book "Otis! The Otis Redding Story."
Fulton County Daily Report
Lawyers representing a biographer of Otis Redding will ask a court to dismiss a $15 million libel suit brought against their client on the grounds that the book is protected by Georgia's Anti-SLAPP statute. At issue is whether the biography meets the law's definition of "public interest or concern." Redding's widow and his former business manager brought the suit, alleging the writer included unsubstantiated "street rumors" and lies in his book "Otis! The Otis Redding Story."
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