Wahl v. Braun

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of his defamation action. In his third amended petition, plaintiff, Thomas L. Wahl, a St. Charles County resident, alleged that Timothy A, Braun, the St. Charles prosecutor, defamed him in remarks made to a newspaper reporter about the hundred letters plaintiff had written to the prosecutor and a lawsuit plaintiff had filed against the prosecutor. The prosecutor said the letters asked him to adopt “lax standards on pornography” and also remarked, “Wahl’s suit will not intimidate me. I am going to enforce the law no matter who sues me.”…