Ex-Brooklyn Prosecutor Can't Sue Sexual Assault Accuser

By Y. Peter Kang (March 9, 2021, 10:46 PM EST) -- A New York appellate court on Tuesday tossed a defamation suit alleging a New York Daily News reporter falsely claimed to police that a former Brooklyn prosecutor sexually assaulted her, saying that allowing the case to proceed would embolden sexual assaulters to "weaponize the legal system in order to silence their victims....

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