Sharp v. Seven Arts Entertainment CA4/1
APPEALS from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Gregory W. Pollack, Judge. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.
Stuart Kane and Shane P. Criqui for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Stillman & Associates and Philip H. Stillman for Defendant and Appellant.
George Sharp sued Seven Arts Entertainment Inc. (Seven Arts) for defamation and invasion of privacy based on four tweets critical of Sharp’s business practices that were posted on Seven Arts’ Twitter account. Seven Arts filed a special motion to strike the complaint as a strategic lawsuit against public participation (anti-SLAPP motion). The trial court ruled the tweets were made in a public forum and concerned an issue of public interest, two of them were nonactionable opinions, and the other two were actionable statements of fact. The court therefore granted the motion in part and denied it in part by striking the allegations concerning two of the four tweets.
Comments on Sharp v. Seven Arts Entertainment CA4/1