STILWELL v. LEAHY

Docket No. 986/12, Sequence Nos. 7 & 8.

2014 NY Slip Op 33076(U)

JOSEPH STILWELL, Plaintiff, v. BETTE FRANK LEAHY a/k/a DEFENSE AGAINST EVIL a/k/a ESOTERIC FREEDOM a/k/a HENRY W. a/k/a ROBIN HOOD; KIMBERLY CIRELLO a/k/a GREATERGOOD2011 a/k/a ANONYMOUS; AJAX; FOLLOW THE MONEY, PT. 4; CANDYMAN and "JOHN DOE # 1" through "JOHN DOE #25", the last twenty five names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, being persons who have made anonymous defamatory and/or unauthorized statements regarding plaintiff on the internet, Defendants.

Supreme Court, Putnam County.

September 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonnenfeld & Richman LLP, By: Judith R. Richman, Esq. , 360 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attorney for Plaintiff.

Ronald Friedman, Esq. , 1073 Main Street, Suite 205, Fishkill, New York 12524, Attorney for Defendants.


DECISION & ORDER

LEWIS J. LUBELL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Joseph Stilwell, a Putnam County, New York, resident and the founder and principal of the Stilwell Group, a private investment limited partnership, brings this action for defamation, including breach of duty of confidentiality, and breach of contract, arising out of alleged defamatory statements posted anonymously on internet blogs entitled "Joseph Stilwell", "Stop Sharon Gans", "The Sharon Gans Pages...

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