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New defamation lawsuit against Sheriff Arpaio denied
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jul 08, 2008 04:07pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Arizona Republic (Phoenix) |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 8, 2008 10:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dan Saban has been dealt a blow Tuesday in his quest to have his defamation lawsuit against nemesis Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and others retried. He vowed to press on, part of an effort to have his name cleared.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert C. Houser denied Saban's motion to request a new trial in a ruling issued Tuesday morning.
The trial is residual mud from the last time Saban faced Arpaio, in a 2004 election.
Saban filed suit after ABC Channel 15 ran a story in April 2004 in which Saban's adoptive mother, Ruby Norman, alleged Saban raped her 30 years earlier.
Saban has denied the allegation, saying it was Norman who molested him instead, and witnesses in the salacious defamation trial cast doubt on Norman's veracity.
Saban claimed Arpaio's chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, leaked the story to a TV reporter in an effort to discredit Arpaio's political opponent. |
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