The defendant J.T., who was 16 years old at the time, reported to police that the plaintiff had sexually assaulted them four years earlier.
The plaintiff was charged but acquitted after the trial judge found J.T.'s evidence to be fabricated.
The plaintiff subsequently sued J.T. for malicious prosecution.
J.T. brought a motion to dismiss the action under the anti-SLAPP provisions of s. 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act.
The court granted the motion, finding that J.T.'s report to police was an expression on a matter of public interest, and that the malicious prosecution claim lacked substantial merit because J.T. did not initiate the prosecution.
The court also dismissed the police defendants' crossclaim against J.T. and their motion to amend pleadings.
