Judge Moreno Denies William Levy Motion to Dismiss!

William Levy, the Latin hearthrob recently in the news for allegedly canoodling with Jennifer Lopez, just got another piece of good news -- Judge Moreno has denied a motion to dismiss in a defamation action Levy filed against an CA attorney arising from an alleged underage sex scandal.

Celebrities -- they really are just like us.

Odds and Sods and William Levy

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One of my most-viewed posts deals with the lawsuit that Spanish-language soap opera star William Levy brought against an LA attorney over allegations of forced oral sex and venereal disease.  The case is pending before Judge Moreno.

Now it appears Levy's attorney, Ralph Patino has sought leave to filed a second amended complaint, chock full of additional allegations.

You can take a deep breath and review the proposed amended complaint here.

Judge Moreno Now Has Less (None?) of an Interesting New Case!

Back in August we reported on hot Latino soap star (Glenn, are you listening?) William Levy's $10 million suit against an LA attorney involving an alleged extortion plot, oral sex, and venereal disease.

In other words, nothing compared to what certain senior federal district judges are allegedly up to nowadays!

The case, brought by Ralph Patino, was pending before Judge Moreno.

Well it looks like Ralph dismissed without prejudice a whole bunch of counts, but stated that he was specifically not dismissing two counts of intentional infliction of emotional distress and a count for defamation.

Judge Moreno then entered a final order of dismissal, closing the case and dismissing the (whole?) cause without prejudice.

Or are my ham-and-schlepper eyes reading that wrong?

UPDATE:   Ok, I was reading it right -- the Judge just reopened the case, indicating that it was closed in error.

Judge Moreno Has An Interesting New Case!

Hmm, I wonder if Judge Moreno has anything interesting on his docket.

Let's see, admiralty, wage claims, ADA......hey now:

Spanish-language soap opera star William Levy demands $10 million from a Los Angeles attorney and his clients, claiming they tried to extort $950,000 from him with false accusations that he forced a girl to perform oral sex on him, and gave her a venereal disease.
     Levy, an unmarried actor whose life has become tabloid fodder for Spanish-language media, claims attorney Steven Lerman at Steven A. Lerman & Associates "maliciously misstated the facts" in order "to blackmail/extort him into a settlement for alleged acts defendants knew were fabricated and untrue."
     Levy also sued the young woman, Karla Alvarez, and her mother, Ana Saucedo, in Federal Court.
     Levy acknowledges in the complaint that he spent time alone with Alvarez in his hotel room on the night of July 18-19. He claims that Alvarez told him that she was 19 years old. He disputes Alvarez's alleged claim that he "held her against her will, threatened her, strangled her and forced her to have oral copulation."
     Levy claims that "On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, plaintiff was informed that defendant Alvarez had filed criminal charges against him for nonconsensual oral copulation and batter on a minor. Defendant Alvarez claimed that Levy knew she was seventeen (17) years old while she allegedly performed oral copulation on him."
     Levy adds: "The allegations further state that Levy transmitted a sexually transmitted disease (hereinafter 'STD') to defendant Alvarez. All of these allegations are known to be false by defendant Lerman and Law Firm. None of these allegations were corroborated by the authorities nor is there any evidence which would support such allegations."
     Levy claims that "defendant Alvarez and defendant Lerman acted in concert and with deliberate malice to cause Levy harm by virtue of attempting to blackmail/extort him into a settlement for alleged acts defendants knew were fabricated and untrue."

In other words -- boring!

Courtesy of Scribd, you can read a full copy of Coral Gables litigator Ralph Patino's muy caliente complaint here.

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