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Judge dismisses Patel defamation lawsuit over ‘nightclubs’ comment on MS NOW
The judge said Frank Figliuzzi’s nightclub remark was rhetorical hyperbole and not defamation, and he found Kash Patel’s suit barred by Texas anti-SLAPP law.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge George Hanks dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi, ruling the disputed remarks constituted rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation.
- Patel filed the suit following a comment Figliuzzi made on MS NOW last year, alleging the FBI Director was 'visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor' of the Hoover building.
- Judge Hanks determined a reasonable person would not perceive the comment as factual, finding the statement was 'exaggerated, provocative and amusing way' of speaking employing rhetorical hyperbole.
- Figliuzzi's lawyer, Marc Fuller, called the dismissal a 'victory for press freedom and the First Amendment,' stating Patel's claim was baseless.
- The ruling follows Patel's filing of a separate $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic last week, which reported allegations of 'bouts of excessive drinking' and unexplained absences.
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Kash Patel Lawuit Against Former FBI Agent Dismissed
Source: Anadolu / Getty FBI Director Kash Patel’s agenda to sue his way out of allegations that he’s a drunken, absentee bureau leader isn’t going well so far, as a federal judge in Houston has dismissed a defamation lawsuit Patel filed against a former FBI official, who said he spent more time in the club than he did in his office last year. According to CNBC, on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr. tossed a lawsuit filed by Pate…
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Source: Anadolu / Getty FBI Director Kash Patel’s agenda to sue his way out of allegations that he’s a drunken, absentee bureau leader isn’t going well so far, as a federal judge in Houston has dismissed a defamation lawsuit Patel filed against a former FBI official, who said he spent more time in the club than he did in his office last year. According to CNBC, on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge George Hanks Jr. tossed a lawsuit filed by Pate…
Nightclub Comments Ruled "Hyperbole" As FBI Director's Defamation Suit In Texas Hits A Wall - Tampa Free Press
A federal judge in Houston has tossed out a defamation lawsuit filed by FBI Director Kashyap “Kash” Patel against a former bureau official who suggested on national television that the director spent more time in nightclubs than his own office. U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks, Jr. ruled Tuesday that the comments made by Cesare […] Nightclub Comments Ruled “Hyperbole” As FBI Director’s Defamation Suit In Texas Hits A Wall
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