Cochran v. NYP Holdings, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

WARD LAW, District Judge.

In this defamation action, plaintiff Johnnie L. Cochran (“Cochran”) complains about the statement, published in a column by defendant Andrea Peyser (“Peyser”) in the New York Post, “[b]ut history reveals that he [Cochran] will say or do just about anything to win, typically at the expense of the truth,” a reference to Cochran’s representation of O.J. Simpson in his murder trial. The saga of O.J. Simpson- — from his days as a national football hero, to the riveting slow speed chase of the white Ford Bronco, through his acquittal in the…