Baussan

Filed 6/28/22 Baussan v. Imara CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

EDOUARD BAUSSAN,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A162088

v. NIA IMARA et al., (City and County of San Francisco Super. Ct. No. CGC- Defendants and Appellants. 20-585692)

Plaintiff Edouard Baussan filed the underlying defamation complaint against defendants Nia Imara, Pierre Labossiere, Leslie Mullin, and Robert Roth in connection with an online article that defendants published. The trial court denied defendants’ special motion to strike the complaint under California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1 In denying the motion, the trial court found that Baussan had shown a…