Levy v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis J. Lubell, J.

Plaintiff, Adam B. Levy, the District Attorney of Putnam County, brings this defamation action in his individual capacity against Donald B. Smith, the Sheriff of Putnam County, in his individual capacity, in connection with various public statements uttered by Smith about Levy’s alleged interference with Smith’s investigation and arrest of one Alexandra Ionut Hossu for the alleged 2010 rape of a then 12-year-old girl.

This motion by various nonparty witnesses (the nonparty witnesses) follows, among other things, Smith’s motion to dismiss (which by…