SPREWELL v. NYP HOLDINGS


1 Misc.3d 847 (2003)

772 N.Y.S.2d 188

LATRELL F. SPREWELL, Plaintiff, v. NYP HOLDINGS, INC., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

June 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., New York City (Slade R. Metcalf and Jeffrey O. Grossman of counsel), for defendants.

Paul J. Giacomo, Jr., New York City (Scott G. Kearns of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MARCY S. FRIEDMAN, J.

In this defamation action, plaintiff Latrell Sprewell, a National Basketball Association player for the New York Knickerbockers basketball team (Knicks), sues defendants NYP Holdings, Inc., the publisher of the New York Post, and its sportswriter, Marc Berman, for allegedly libeling him in a series of articles published in October 2002 in the Post. Defendants move, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), to dismiss the complaint...

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