An appeals court has tossed the defamation counterclaims of a lawyer and property manager who said it was a lie that she forbade a restaurant group from using Mariano Rivera’s name in advertising because that would attract “ghetto people from the Bronx.”
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, on Tuesday dismissed the counterclaims lodged by New York attorney Susanne Lieu against both the restaurant group, Manhattan Sports Restaurants of America and managing member, Keith Kantrowitz. Yankee legend Rivera was a part owner.
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