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DIBELLA v. HOPKINS

No. 01 CIV. 11779(DC).

187 F.Supp.2d 192 (2002)

Lou DIBELLA and DiBella Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Bernard HOPKINS, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd Burstein, P.C., By Judd Burstein, Esq., Peter B. Schalk, Esq., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Cozen O'Connor, By Robert W. Hayes, Esq., Marlo Pagano-Kelleher, Esq., Gary L. Leshko, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this diversity case, plaintiff Lou DiBella, a boxing advisor, matchmaker, and television packager formerly employed by the cable network Home Box Office ("HBO"), alleges that he was defamed by defendant Bernard Hopkins, the professional boxer. Hopkins became the undisputed middleweight champion of the world on September 29, 2001, when he beat Felix Trinidad by a final round technical knockout. That fight...

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