S.A.

Plaintiff S.A. appeals a judgment entered in favor of defend-ants Jan Maiden and Does 1 through 50 (together Maiden), after the trial court granted Maiden’s Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 anti-SLAPP motion to strike his complaint alleging causes of action against Maiden for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred by granting Maiden’s anti-SLAPP motions because he established there was a probability he would prevail on his causes of action.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2002, N.A. and S.A. were married in India and soon thereafter moved to the United States. In 2005, they had a daughter, S. S.A. engaged in a pattern of physical and emotional abuse of N.A. that escalated during the course of their marriage.

On January 18, 2009, the day after an abusive incident, N.A. informed her family in India that she had decided to separate from S.A. When N.A. arrived home, S.A. was angry at her for informing her family about her decision. S.A. yelled at her, touched her breasts, and tried to unfasten her bra. N.A. screamed and told him to stop, which he did after first…