November 2023

Defamation Action Against The National Enquirer Dismissed on Summary Judgment

By Robert S. Gutierrez

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter November-December 2023

After more than three years of litigation with three successive law firms, talent manager Michael Sanchez’s defamation action against the National Enquirer was dismissed on summary judgment in August by Judge Dolly Gee. Yet it was not until October that the storied lawsuit was officially over.

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