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ORLANDO, Fla. AP 鈥?Disney is asking a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the companys efforts to neutralize a takeover of Disney Worlds governing district by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees.The hearing scheduled for an hour in state court in Orlando involves one of two cases between the Disney and DeSantis or his governing district appointees stemming from the takeover, which was retaliation for the companys public opposition to the so-called Dont Say Gay legislation championed by DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers.Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a yearlong feud that the governor has touted during his run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, often accusing the entertainment giant as being too woke. Disney has accused the governor of violating its free spe stanley nz ech rights.Disney is arguing before Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber that any deci stanley usa sion in state court would be moot since the Republican-controlled Legislature already has passed a law voiding the agreements. If the judge decides not to dismiss the state case, the entertainment giant is ask stanley kubek ing that the state court case be put on hold until a federal lawsuit in Tallahassee is resolved since they cover the same ground and that lawsuit was filed first.In that case, Disney sued DeSantis and his appointees to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in an effort to stop the takeover, claiming the governor was violating the companys free speech and weaponizing the power of gover Arkl Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide prepare for a holiday meant for joy
BOSTON 鈥?Three women who allege Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago say in a court filing that he doesnt have a right to lie and hide behind the statements of his representatives to have their defamation lawsuit dismissed. Cosby claims a privilege to defame where none exists; tries to shield himself from liability, by hiding behind the actions of his spokespersons 鈥?and infects the motion with irrelevant matters in an attempt to prejudice the court, the opposition filed Friday said.The filing also said lawyers for the women intend to file a motion to obtain documents from a 2005 lawsuit against Cosby arising from a sexual assault allegation stanley cup canada because they belive the documents will contradict assertions in defendant Cosbys motion to dismiss. That motion had not been fi stanley termoska led as of Monday.The filing was a response to Cosbys motion to dismiss the suit filed last year in U.S. District Court in Springfield, not far from Cosbys western Massachusetts home. The suit is solely for the defamation allegation and not for any sort of assault allegations.Cosbys lawyers said in their motion that the women have each failed to state a claim against the actor for which the courts can grant relief. His lawyers didnt immediately respond Monday to telephone and email messages from The Associated Press.The op stanley quencher position filing said Cosbys motion to dismiss is a grasp at straws. It is an effort to avoid taking responsibility, and being held accountable, for publishing in national news medi |