Cox v. Cox, Ca2008-06-077 (3-30-2009)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants, Jaime Cox and Ashley Cox, appeal from the judgment of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas entering a favorable verdict in a defamation suit to plaintiff-appellee, Ethan Cox, following a jury trial, as well as its decision denying their motion for a new trial. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

{¶ 2} Jamie Cox, Ethan's former step-mother, and Ashley Cox, his younger half-sister, accused him of raping and sexually abusing Ashley when she was a child. Ethan, after learning of these accusations, filed a complaint alleging that he had been defamed by…