Robert C. Guccione v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. And Flynt Distributing Company, Inc., Defendants

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• holding that statement which implied that plaintiff was then currently an adulterer was substantially true where plaintiff had ceased being an adulterer but had “unabashedly committed adultery” for thirteen of seventeen years
• holding that plaintiffs reputation regarding adultery rendered him libel proof as to allegations of adultery, even though allegations related to a time period when plaintiff was no longer married, and hence was no longer committing adultery
• stating that “the substantial truth defense permits a certain amount of leeway as to accuracy”
• holding that plaintiff is libel-proof as matter of law
• finding substantial truth defense in case where statement imputed criminal adultery
• “Under New York law, ... truth is an absolute, unqualified defense to a civil defamation action.”

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