Diddy Accuser Alleges Mogul’s Reputation Is Destroyed In Request To Drop $50 Million Lawsuit
During the segment, Burgess alleged that the late Kim Porter gave him 11 flash drives containing footage of celebrities taking part in “freak offs” involving minors. He also alleged that he had 54 pages from Porter’s memoir, which her children insist are fake.
Now, Mitchell has asked a federal judge to dismiss the case. Per AllHipHop, her attorney Steven A. Metcalf II argues that she didn’t make any defamatory statements during the segment. He also argues that she’s shielded from liability due to her role as an attorney.
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“In addition to performing her role as an attorney for matters involving the preparation of litigation or for pending litigation, such vicarious attributions concerning Defendant Mitchell violate First Amendment principles separating actual speech from associative liability,” he alleges. “Mitchell cannot be said to have acted with reckless disregard for the truth. Photos and videos were produced, leading to a federal subpoena for this specific material. Then the government or members of the Southern District acted in manner to take possession of said materials, and thus the government essentially vouched for its existence of said materials.”
“The evidence elicited at trial was extreme to the point where any living person’s reputation would be affected from such…while I salute his criminal defense team – the fact relevant here is that there are countless of other individuals with actual sexual allegations against Plaintiff, where any statement Mitchell made is pale in comparison and is merely a drop in the bucket,” Metcalf also alleges.
