Decide Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Towards Phoebe Bridgers

A lawsuit in opposition to Phoebe Bridgers has been dismissed.

In September of 2021, the singer was sued for defamation by Chris Nelson, a Los Angeles-based report producer and proprietor of Sound Area studio. Nelson had claimed that Bridgers used her widespread Instagram account to share false and malicious statements about him, to her tens of millions of followers, “to be able to destroy his fame,” including that it induced him emotional misery.

In February 2022, Bridgers responded to Nelson’s swimsuit by stating that she believed “the statements I made in my Instagram story are true.”

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Now, a Los Angeles Superior Court docket choose has dismissed the lawsuit, Pitchfork confirmed. Decide Curtis A. Kin granted the “Moon Tune” singer’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Towards Public Participation) movement, which prevents others from utilizing lawsuits as an intimidation tactic in opposition to these using their proper to free speech.

“We really feel vindicated that the Court docket acknowledged this lawsuit as frivolous and with out advantage,” a spokesperson for Bridgers wrote through a press release supplied to Pitchfork. “It was not grounded in regulation, or info, however was filed with the only real intention of inflicting hurt to our shopper’s fame and profession. This victory is essential not only for our shopper however for all these she was in search of to guard by utilizing her platform.”

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Bridgers’ preliminary statements, which prompted Nelson to take authorized motion, accused the music producer of “grooming, stealing, [and] violence,” and likewise directed her followers to posts made by Nelson’s ex-girlfriend, Emily Bannon.

In Nelson’s September swimsuit, wherein he was in search of $3.8 million in damages, he acknowledged that Bridgers “deliberately used her high-profile public platform on Instagram to publish false and defamatory statements relating to [Nelson] to be able to destroy his fame.”