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January 2025

Fox News SLAPPs Defamation Suit, Wins Attorney Fees in District Court

By Matt Kristoffersen

A former Hunter Biden business partner faced a double loss in the Southern District of New York late last year. Anthony Bobulinski’s $30 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News’s Jessica Tarlov, filed after the co-host of “The Five” said that a Trump Super PAC paid his legal fees, couldn’t survive a motion to dismiss under New York’s Anti-SLAPP statute, District Judge J. Paul Oetken ruled.