Gold v. Harrison

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

This case arises out of statements made by defendant-appellee George Harrison to defendant-appellee Edwin Tanji, a reporter for defendant-appellee The Honolulu Advertiser {The Advertiser), during a trial involving Harrison’s property on Maui that established an easement over Harrison’s property in favor of his neighbors, including, inter alia, plaintiffs-appellants Steven Philip Gold and Scott Howard Whitney (collectively, the Plaintiffs).

During trial, an article in The Advertiser quoted Harrison as saying, “Have you ever been raped? I’m being raped by all these people....…