Smigo v. NYP Holdings, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, *517J.), entered March 17, 2010, which granted the motion of defendants Collins Communications Inc. and Steven E Dowsett also known as Chaunce Hayden (Hayden) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly dismissed the causes of action alleging slander per se and a violation of Civil Rights Law § 77. Plaintiff maintained that defendant Hayden committed slander per se by telling someone at the New York Post that he had viewed a video showing plaintiff having sex…