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The Ninth Circuit upheld the denial of the Bloom Firm’s anti-SLAPP motion in a case relating to a press release it issued suggesting Steve Wynn instructed female “ShowStoppers” performers to strip to their bras and panties, put on heels and apply more makeup to be “sexually appealing.” The Bloom defendants published the release knowing that no witness could confirm Wynn had any role in giving the instructions, and a jury could find the defendants “acted with actual malice” in publishing the release.

/ March 25, 2021
FILE - This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. The University of Pennsylvania has announced plans to distance itself from casino mogul Wynn and comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against both men. The college on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, said it will revoke Wynn’s honorary degree and remove his name from both an outdoor plaza and a scholarship fund. The school will also rescind Cosby’s honorary degree. The school says it has been a century since it took away an honorary degree but that “credible” allegations against the men warranted the action. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld the denial of the Bloom Firm’s anti-SLAPP motion in a case relating to a press release it issued suggesting Steve Wynn instructed female “ShowStoppers” performers to strip to their bras and panties, put on heels and apply more makeup to be “sexually appealing.” The Bloom defendants published the release knowing that no witness could confirm Wynn had any role in giving the instructions, and a jury could find the defendants “acted with actual malice” in publishing the release. 

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