McQueen v. Baskin
The Second District reversed a final judgment entered for Carole Baskin in Anne McQueen's defamation suit arising from Baskin's YouTube vlog and Big Cat Rescue website posts accusing McQueen of forgery, theft, and embezzlement. The court held the statements were assertions of fact that, if false, would be defamatory (and therefore not protected speech under Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute, § 768.295), and that Baskin was not a 'media defendant' entitled to presuit notice under § 770.01.
Key facts
- Anne McQueen sued Carole Baskin for defamation based on YouTube vlog and website posts in which Baskin accused McQueen of forgery, theft, and embezzlement.
- The trial court entered final judgment for Baskin, dismissing McQueen's defamation claim.
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Why it matters
This is one of the few Florida appellate decisions to substantively construe the Anti-SLAPP statute's interaction with defamation claims, holding that a colorable defamation claim based on factual assertions defeats… — full analysis with a trial
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