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VAN NUYS (CNS) - Enty Lawyer and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member Diana Jenkins have officially reached a settlement of her defamation suit against the gossip blogger.
Enty Lawyer attorneys filed court papers Monday with Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Shirley Watkins confirming the accord and asking that a scheduled July 6 hearing on their client's motion to dismiss the case on free- speech grounds be canceled.
No settlement terms were divulged.
The two sides began talks May 27 toward a potential resolution of the case, according to the lawyers' joint court papers.
Jenkins alleged in her suit filed Nov. 2 that Enty Lawyer has repeatedly defamed her with false allegations, including that she has engaged in sex trafficking of children, coerced vulnerable celebrities into prostitution, was associated with the late Jeffrey Epstein and that she committed money laundering and statutory rape.
"I am many things, but I am not the person Enty Lawyer has cast me to be," Jenkins said in a sworn declaration. "I am not, nor have I ever been, a sex trafficker, a madam or a criminal. I have suffered significant reputational harm from Enty Lawyer's false and offensive statements about me. My family has been threatened with violence, and my reputation has been irreparably tarnished."
Jenkins' sworn declaration was filed in opposition to Enty Lawyer's anti-SLAPP dismissal motion. Anti-SLAPP laws provide defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits known as SLAPPs or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
Enty Lawyer's anti-SLAPP motion maintained that Jenkins' complaint infringed on his First Amendment rights. He said in a sworn declaration that his November 2021 tweet about Jenkins and Epstein was based on a photo he saw of Epstein, former President Trump and a "laughing woman" whom he previously believed was Jenkins.