Boese v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert A. Boese (“Boese”) brought this diversity action against Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”), Peter Brennan, Diane Dimond, and Virginia K. Weathers n/k/a Virginia K. Johnson for defamation per se, statutory defamation per se, and false light invasion of privacy. Before the court is defendants motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 as to all counts. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants in part and denies in part.

Background

This case arises out of a Hard Copy segment that aired…