From Ruth v. Carter, decided Tuesday by the Nevada Supreme Court:
Appellant Shannon Ruth sued respondent Nickolas Carter for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress, alleging that Carter sexually assaulted Ruth following a Backstreet Boys concert in 2001, and that Carter had also sexually assaulted several other women. Carter asserted counterclaims for defamation [and related torts] …. Carter's counterclaims were based on statements by Ruth that generally alleged that Carter sexually assaulted Ruth and that Carter is a "serial" rapist and abuser of "multiple people."
Ruth moved to dismiss Carter's counterclaims under Nevada's anti-SLAPP statutes, which require a two-prong analysis:
