Jones v. Reekes CA5
Plaintiffs Richard Jones and his businesses Preferred Towing Service, LLC and Fast Response Security, Inc. (collectively Jones) appeal from the trial court’s order granting a special anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation motion to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (“anti-SLAPP motion”) in favor of defendant Connie Reekes. Reekes made numerous Facebook posts critical of Jones and his businesses. Jones sued Reekes for defamation, and in response Reekes filed her anti-SLAPP motion against Jones. Jones claims the trial court erred in its determination that Jones’s defamation claims against Reekes were time-barred, having been posted to the internet website in question more than one year prior to the commencement of Jones’s defamation action. Jones alleges the discovery rule and the republication rule apply and delayed the accrual of his defamation cause of action until June 2020 when a third party showed him saved screenshots of posts.
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