Motion To Strike Denied In Defamation Suit Over YouTube Russian Spy Allegations

( January 28, 2025, 1:58 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal magistrate judge denied a motion to strike the complaint in a Russian émigré’s defamation suit against administrators of a YouTube channel that offers assistance to Russians who want to move to the United States, finding that the émigré sufficiently stated a defamation claim regarding allegations that the administrators “falsely” accused her on their YouTube channel of being a Russian spy....