The plaintiff brought an action for defamation after the defendant, her former tenant, sent emails to her employer alleging she evicted him because he was gay and used cipher encoded messages to organize a conspiracy against him.
The plaintiff moved for a permanent injunction, summary judgment, and to strike the defendant's counterclaim.
The court found the defendant's statements clearly defamatory and impossible to justify, granting summary judgment and awarding $10,000 in damages.
The court also granted a permanent injunction and struck the defendant's counterclaim as scandalous, frivolous, and vexatious.