Doran v. Priddy

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

THEIS, District Judge.

This case is a slander action. Plaintiff alleges that defendant called her a “little whore.” Plaintiff has filed a motion in limine seeking to exclude evidence that she participated in extramarital sexual affairs on the grounds that such evidence is irrelevant and prejudicial. In addition to denying that such a statement was made, defendant has asserted truth as a defense and claims that evidence of extramarital sex is relevant to whether plaintiff was a “whore” at the time of the alleged slander.

*455The legal issue in this case is the meaning of “whore.”…