Brown v. Lawson

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Jeary Brown, filed a complaint for defamation against defendants-appellees, Kenneth L. Lawson and Radio One, Inc. Brown is the grandmother of four teenage boys who were the victims of sexual battery committed by Stephen Hill. Brown is the legal custodian of three of the boys. Lawson was Hill’s defense counsel for the criminal proceedings, which culminated in Hill’s classification as a sexual predator.

{¶ 2} During Hill’s sexual-offender-classification hearing, Lawson called psychiatrist Dr. Melvyn Nizny to testify that Hill should not have been classified a sexual…