Ian Wesley Bennett v. Katerina Lundh

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA PUBLISHED Present: Judges Ortiz, Raphael and Senior Judge Annunziata Argued at Fairfax, Virginia IAN WESLEY BENNETT OPINION BY v. Record No. 0364-24-4 JUDGE STUART A. RAPHAEL JUNE 17, 2025 KATERINA LUNDH FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY John M. Tran, Judge Phillip B. Leiser (The Leiser Law Firm, on briefs), for appellant. Rachael L. Loughlin (Charles M. Sims; Monica J. Malouf; O’Hagan Meyer, PLLC, on brief), for appellee. Virginia has long required that a defamation plaintiff plead the exact words alleged to be defamatory. The trial court here sustained a…