Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for allegedly defamatory statements made in a column in a daily newspaper. The column stated, inter alia, that the plaintiff was "cowardly," an "idiotic menace," and that he lived with another middle-aged man, which the plaintiff alleges is an insinuation that he is a homosexual. The Supreme Court granted the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss...
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