The $30 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News and “The Five” host Jessica Tarlov from Hunter Biden whistleblower Tony Bobulinski was dismissed by a New York judge Tuesday.
Bobulinski, a former business partner of the Biden family, was ordered to pay Tarlov’s legal fees after originally filing the suit in March after Tarlov said he had past legal fees paid for by a super PAC connected to President-elect Donald Trump.
“Before the Court is Tarlov’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and motion for attorney’s fees under New York’s anti-SLAPP law,” District Judge J. Paul Oetken wrote. “For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss is granted. And because the Court concludes that the mandatory fee-shifting provision of New York’s anti-SLAPP law applies in federal court, Tarlov’s motion for attorney’s fees is also granted.”
Judge Oetken’s dismissal denied Bobulinski and his legal team’s demands for $30 million in compensatory, special and punitive damages.
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