Mansell

Douglas W. Otto in propria persona.

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Kent L. Richland, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent, Douglas W. Otto.

Waxier Carner Weinreb Brodsky, Barry Z. Brodsky, Jeffery E. Stockley and Scott J. Quan for Defendant and Respondent, Armand Arabian.

Law Offices of Edward P. George, Jr., Edward P. George, Jr. and Timothy L. O'Reilly, Long Beach, for Defendant and Respondent, Edward P. George, Jr.

Quinlivan & Kaniewski, Patrick C. Quinlivan and Martin S. McMahan, South Coast Metro, for Defendant and Respondent, Jeffrey Carlton.

JOHNSON, J.

A crime victim sued the alleged perpetrator and his criminal defense counsel for invasion of her constitutional right of privacy, based on the unauthorized reading of her mental health records by the defendants and other members of the defense team. The trial court sustained the defendants' demurrer to the plaintiffs complaint without leave to amend and dismissed the action. The court found the plaintiffs claim for invasion of her constitutional right of privacy was barred as a matter of law by the litigation privilege. We find the litigation privilege inapplicable to the noncommunicative acts alleged in…