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Viral video of Reno-area Sikhs partying with sex workers in Costa Rica subject of lawsuit
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  1. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The Law Firm of Laub & Laub Nicholus C. Palmer, Esq. State Bar of Nevada No. 9888 630 E. Plumb Lane Reno, Nevada 89502 Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE RANBIR CHHINA, NAVDEEP SINGH, KEWAL SINGH, OPINDER DHILLON, AMANDEEP SINGH Plaintiff, vs. PARMINDER WALIA and DOES I – X, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO.: CV22-01005 DEPT NO.: 1 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT COMES NOW, Plaintiffs, Ranbir Chhina, Navdeep Singh, Kewal Singh, Opinder, Dhillon and Amandeep Singh through their attorney of record, Nik C. Palmer, Esq. of the Law Firm of Laub & Laub, and hereby file their First Amended Complaint in the above-entitled case. JURISDICTION 1. Plaintiffs are all residents Washoe County, Nevada; 2. Defendant Parminder Walia is a resident of Washoe county Nevada, his home address being 1675 Boulder Ridge Ct., Reno, NV 89523. 3. The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate, co- F I L E D Electronically CV22-01005 2022-06-28 04:32:51 PM Alicia L. Lerud Clerk of the Court Transaction # 9122969
  2. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Partnership, or otherwise of Defendant Does I through X are unknown to Plaintiffs who therefore sue said Defendants by such fictitious names. Plaintiffs are informed and believe, and therefore allege, that each of the Defendants designated as Does are responsible in some manner for the occurrences and events referred to in this action and proximately caused the damages to Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs request leave of this Court to amend the Complaint to insert the true names and capacities of said Doe Defendants, when the same have been ascertained and to join such Doe Defendants in this action and assert the appropriate charging allegations. FACTS 4. On May 9, 2022, a group of friends that travelled to Jaco Beach, Costa Rica to celebrate a birthday party. This group included the Plaintiffs and Defendant. 5. In the late hours of May 11, 2022, the Defendant asked Plaintiffs to join him in the living area of the condominium they had rented for the trip. The Defendant had arranged a birthday party which included adult entertainment. 6. The Defendant, filmed the birthday party including interactions between the Plaintiffs and the adult entertainment. 7. Upon returning home from the trip to Costa Rica, the Defendant uploaded the videos to WhatsApp, a social media messaging app that allows users to share messages, images and videos. From there, the videos ended up on other social media sites. 8. The Plaintiffs are business owners and belong to the Sikh Community, which is a conservative religion. 9. The Plaintiff have suffered social and financial consequences due to the Defendants actions of posting the videos online.
  3. 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Invasion of Privacy - Intrusion) 10. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 9 above as though fully set forth herein. 11. The Defendant recorded the Plaintiffs in their rented condominium wherein they had an expectation of privacy. 12. The Defendant published to a social media app the recorded videos of the Plaintiffs without their consent. 13. The Defendant’s conduct of filming the Plaintiffs and uploading it to a social media app is highly offensive to the Plaintiffs as it would be to any reasonable person. 14. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s actions, the Plaintiffs have suffered damages in an amount greater than $15,000.00. 15. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants actions, the Plaintiffs are entitled to punitive and exemplary damages. SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Invasion of Privacy – Public Disclosure of Private Facts) 16. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 15 above as though fully set forth herein. 17. The Plaintiffs had rented a condominium, in Costa Rica. Within the walls of the rented condominium, the Plaintiffs had an expectation of privacy. 18. The Defendant recorded intimate images of the Plaintiffs and without their consent uploaded the videos to a social media app. 19. The Defendant’s conduct of filming the Plaintiffs and uploading the videos to a social media app is highly offensive to the Plaintiffs as it would be to any reasonable person. 20. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s actions, the Plaintiffs have suffered damages in an amount greater than $15,000.00.
  4. 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants actions, the Plaintiffs are entitled to punitive and exemplary damages. THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Negligence) 23. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 22 above as though fully set forth herein. 24. The Defendant had a duty to the Plaintiffs to not disseminate private videos taken of the Plaintiffs to others. 25. The Defendant breached this duty, not only by filming the Plaintiffs, but also posting the videos to social media. 26. The breach of this duty to the Plaintiffs was the proximate cause of the Plaintiffs injuries and caused them financial damages. 27. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s actions, the Plaintiffs have suffered damages in an amount greater than $15,000.00. 28. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants actions, the Plaintiffs are entitled to punitive and exemplary damages. FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (Punitive Damages) 29. Plaintiff incorporates paragraphs 1 through 28 above as though fully set forth herein. 30. The Defendants actions of recording the Plaintiffs and publishing the videos to social media is extreme and outrageous. 31. Based upon the reprehensible conduct and outrageous behavior of the Defendant, the Plaintiffs are entitled to punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial. WHEREFORE, the Plaintiffs respectfully pray for Judgment as follows: 1. For compensatory damages in excess of $15,000 to be proven at trial;
  5. 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2. For general damages in an amount in excess of $15,000.00; 3. For punitive and exemplary damages pursuant to NRS 42.005; 4. For costs of the lawsuit including attorney’s fees; 5. For interest at the legal rate; and 6. For such other and further relief as the court deems proper in the premises. Pursuant to NRS 239B.030, the undersigned certifies that no Social Security numbers are contained in this document. DATED this 28th day of June, 2022. LAW FIRM OF LAUB & LAUB __s/ Nik C. Palmer_____________ NICHOLUS C. PALMER, ESQ. Nevada State Bar #9888 630 E. Plumb Lane Reno, Nevada 89502 Telephone (775) 333-5282 Facsimile (775) 323-3699
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 1 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 2290 Marc J. Randazza, NV Bar No. 12265 Alex J. Shepard, NV Bar No. 13582 RANDAZZA LEGAL GROUP, PLLC 2764 Lake Sahara Drive, Suite 109 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Telephone: 702-420-2001 ecf@randazza.com Attorneys for Defendant IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE RANBIR CHHINA, NAVDEEP SINGH, KEWAL SINGH, OPINDER DHILLON, AMANDEEP SINGH, Plaintiffs, vs. PARMINDER WALIA and DOES I -X, Defendant. Case No. CV22-01005 Dept. 1 DEFENDANT’S ANTI-SLAPP SPECIAL MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO NRS 41.660 [HEARING REQUESTED] Defendant Parminder Walia hereby files his Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to NRS 41.660. Because Plaintiffs’ claims are based upon conduct protected under NRS 41.637 and Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate a probability of prevailing on the merits of their claims. This motion is supported by the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the papers and pleadings on file in this action, the declaration of Parminder Walia, the attached exhibits, and any oral argument permitted by the Court at a hearing on this motion. F I L E D Electronically CV22-01005 2022-08-17 07:30:59 PM Alicia L. Lerud Clerk of the Court Transaction # 9212115 : yviloria
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 2 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 1.0. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs are prominent members of the Reno Sikh community, a tightly-knit group of religiously conservative people. Plaintiffs, Walia, and other members of the community traveled to Costa Rica, during which visit they spontaneously decided to throw a party for Plaintiff Amandeep Singh. During the party, Plaintiffs enthusiastically hired prostitutes from a publicly visible common area and brought them to the party. Multiple people, including Plaintiffs, recorded the party. By some measures, the events at the party were not terribly risqué – prostitutes were giving lap dances to the men at the party and the men were eating cake and frosting off of the prostitutes’ breasts.1 However, videos of the events are the subject of this lawsuit. Walia sent videos of the party to a small group of Sikhs, who then found it to be a matter of public concern, so they then shared it with the wider public. It was such a matter of public concern that it spread widely on social media. (First Amended Complaint “FAC” at ¶ 7.) As far as viral videos and party footage goes, this would not have even registered as a particularly notable weekday afternoon in Las Vegas. However, this video became of quite widespread interest within the Sikh community. Plaintiffs seek to bankrupt Mr. Walia not because he made a video of the event – many people did so, including some of the Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs seem upset that they got caught doing something that they apparently weren’t supposed to be doing – at least as far as their community is concerned (or maybe just their wives2 ). Plaintiffs are now upset that their community (or maybe just their wives) found out that they were cavorting with prostitutes and using the prostitutes’ breasts as substitutes for dessert plates. Plaintiffs had no reasonable expectation of privacy in anything that actually made it into the video clips. If any of the Plaintiffs actually had sex with one of the prostitutes, and that was filmed, 1 It is not a matter of record whether anyone then had sex with the prostitutes. If this happened, nobody filmed that part of the events and manifestations that evening. 2 Mr. Walia’s wife, on the other hand, has expressed that her view on this party is “boys will be boys.”
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 3 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 the story might be different. If any of the filming was surreptitious, that might make things different. But things aren’t different – they are as they are – and as they are, some men went to a “hooker bar,” picked up some hookers, took them upstairs, had some fun, and they were all either hamming it up for the cameras, or even live broadcasting the events. Yet now, they claim that this was a secret and private event where they had an expectation that nobody would find out? Did the prostitutes sign non-disclosure agreements?3 Do they think that the prostitutes didn’t tell their friends or other prostitutes about the party? Do they think that other people did not see them leave the hooker bar with the prostitutes? Do they think that they can eat cake from a prostitute’s breasts, live-stream it across the globe, yet then claim that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy? Plaintiffs had no expectation of privacy in their conduct at the party or their association with prostitutes, and Walia did not in any way invade their privacy. This is a frivolous SLAPP4 suit, and as such, should be dismissed under Nevada’s Anti-SLAPP statute, NRS 41.635-670. Walia should also be awarded his costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in defending himself, as well as $10,000 in damages under NRS 41.637(1)(b). 2.0. FACTUAL BACKGROUND As Plaintiffs claim, the Sikh community is conservative. (FAC at ¶ 8.) And as Plaintiffs admit, they are prominent business owners within this community in Northern Nevada. (FAC at ¶¶ 1, 8.) Plaintiffs and Walia regularly attend religious services within this community. (Declaration of Parminder Walia [“Walia Decl.”], attached as Exhibit 1.) Plaintiffs are not merely rank and file members of this community that happen to attend services, but rather they are prominent members of it. (Id. at ¶ 8.) Plaintiff Ranbir Chhina is the owner of the Palms Banquet Hall in Stockton, California and VIVA Banquet Hall, a prominent business in Reno, Nevada. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 9.) Plaintiff Opinder Dhillon is also involved in the operation of these businesses. (Id. at ¶ 10.) Plaintiff Ranbir Chhina is the President of the Punjabi Cultural and Sports Committee in Reno, a significant organization within the Reno Sikh community. (Id. at ¶ 11.) Plaintiff Kewal 3 Presumably, if they had, it would have been mentioned in the complaint. 4 “SLAPP” is an acronym for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.”
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Singh Sekhon5 was previously the President of the Reno Sikh Temple, the primary religious organization in the Reno Sikh community. (Id. at ¶ 12.) While in this position, the Reno Gazette Journal sought commentary from him in relation to an indictment on support for terrorism charges of another Sikh man living in Reno. He was identified as the President of the Sikh Temple of Reno, and was quoted with the following exchange: [Kewal Singh Sekhon] said Sikhs as a whole are a peaceful people who oppose terrorism. There are about 200 Sikh families who are active in the temple, he said. “We live in peace of mind. We don’t need any trouble,” Sekhon said. He is aware of other Sikhs who support terrorism. “There are some people in this country who do that, but we don’t have any connection with those people,” Sekhon said. (Steve Timko, “Reno man indicted on terror charges,” Reno Gazette Journal (Dec. 18, 2013),6 attached as Exhibit 2.) Plaintiff Kewal Singh Sekhon was also mentioned in a This is Reno article about Sparks Mayor Geno R. Martini being welcomed at the Reno Sikh Temple. (Rajan Zed, “Sparks Mayor Welcomed at Sikh Temple in Reno,” This is Reno (Feb. 9, 2012),7 attached as Exhibit 3.) Plaintiff Opinder Dhillon was previously a committee member of the Reno Sikh Temple, as well. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 13.) The Reno Sikh community is tightly-knit, with many of its members having a significant interest in the religious adherence of its other members. (Id. at ¶ 7.) A major vice in Sikh religion and culture is kam (sensuality), an impulse towards sexual gratification that must be kept in check. Dr. Arvinder Singh, “Sikhism & The Crisis of Modernity – Extramarital Relationships,” International Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2015), attached as Exhibit 4, at 988.)8 “Unrestrained propensity towards kam, especially sexual relationship outside the marital bond, is condemned in the strongest terms in Sikh codes of conduct as well as in the Scripture. It is a 5 Plaintiff Kewal Singh’s actual name is Kewal Singh Sekhon. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 12.) 6 Available at: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2013/12/19/reno-man-indicted-on-terror- charges/4121513/ (last accessed Aug. 16, 2022). 7 Available at: https://thisisreno.com/2012/02/sparks-mayor-welcomed-at-sikh-temple-in- reno/ (last accessed Aug. 16, 2022). 8 Available at: https://www.journalijar.com/uploads/513_IJAR-4877.pdf (last accessed Aug. 16, 2022).
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 5 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 destructive evil and a deadly sin . . . In Sikhism, there is no place for extra marital relationships.” (Id.) The prohibition against adultery, i.e., sexual relations outside marriage, is so strong that “[i]ts violation makes a Sikh an apostate and he/she has to undergo religious punishment and must get reinitiation.” (Id.) Plaintiffs and Defendant Walia travelled to Jaco Beach, Costa Rica. (FAC at ¶ 4.) During this visit, Plaintiffs and Walia were present at a party for Plaintiff Amandeep Singh. (Id. at ¶ 5.) The party took place in a building where there was a bar downstairs. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 18.) That bar provides a place for prostitutes to advertise their services. (Id. at ¶ 17.) For patrons within the establishment to hire a prostitute, they had to go down to the bar, within public view of all the other patrons and select their preferred purveyor of the prostitutorial arts. (Id. at ¶ 18.) Anyone hiring prostitutes also had to escort them back to the common area after their services were rendered. (Id. at ¶ 17.) Plaintiffs went to the bar, which was open to the public, and procured a number of them. (Id. at ¶ 20.) It is unknown how many people saw them procure and leave with the hookers, but it was certainly done in public. (Id. at ¶ 20.) When the prostitutes were procured, the men and the prostitutes began mutually enjoying some cake and lap dances. (Id. at ¶ 21.) Plaintiffs happily engaged with these prostitutes, allowing them to sit on their laps and grind on them, and ate cake off their bare breasts. (Id. at ¶ 23.) Walia and others present at the party, including Plaintiffs Ranbir Chhina and Opinder Dhillon, took out their phones to record the events. (Id. at ¶ 24.) It was obvious that Walia and these others were recording the party, and at various points during the party, one or more Plaintiffs stared directly into these phone cameras. (Id. at ¶ 23.) Plaintiff Dhillon even asked at one point for assistance in making a video, and Plaintiff Amandeep Singh was broadcasting the party using the FaceTime app to friends in India. (Id. at ¶ 26.) All of the recording was open and encouraged. (Id. at ¶ 25.) Nobody ever asked that Walia delete his footage. (Id. at ¶ 27.) Even if they had, he would have had no obligation to do so, but if they had, it might lend credence to their concerns expressed in the FAC. Upon returning to Reno, Walia shared five short clips of his footage with a group of ten other Sikhs, none of whom resided in the United States. (Id. at ¶ 30.) The videos of the party he
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 6 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 uploaded are attached to this Motion as composite Exhibit 5. To provide some examples of the conduct on display and how open and notorious the filming was, some stills from the video are displayed below. Plaintiff Chhina conspicuously recording Plaintiff Amandeep Singh receiving a lap dance from a bare bottomed prostitute. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 31; Video 5 at 0:26.) The Court can see that Chhina has a camera in his hand and is squatting down to get an advantageous camera angle on Singh with his face in the prostitute’s breast. In this still image, Plaintiff Amandeep Singh is looking directly into Walia’s camera phone mid-recording as the unnamed prostitute puts her breast in his mouth. (Id. at ¶ 31; Video 5 at 0:32.) He can hardly claim that he was unaware of the fact that he was being filmed.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 7 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Plaintiff Amandeep Singh eating frosting from another prostitute’s breasts. (Id. at ¶ 31; Video 3 at 0:20). Again, he is making direct eye contact with the camera, laying waste to any claim that he did not know or consent to being filmed. Plaintiff Amandeep Singh eating frosting off a third prostitute’s breasts. (Id. at ¶ 31; Video 4 at 0:11.) He is also obviously posing for another camera held by another party attendee. One can also see that there are at least five prostitutes in this image – none of whom have claimed that their privacy was invaded. Plaintiff Ranbir Chhina conspicuously displaying his camera and saying “one more time, one more time, I didn’t see that” after Plaintiff Amandeep Singh finishes eating frosting off the third prostitute’s breasts. (Id. at ¶ 31; Video 4 at 0:17).
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 8 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Despite hamming it up for the cameras and livestreaming the events, now Plaintiffs want to bankrupt Mr. Walia for showing a small group of people these videos, who then found them to be such a matter of public concern that they helped the videos go viral. The Nevada Anti-SLAPP law will not abide these claims. 3.0. LEGAL STANDARDS Under Nevada’s Anti-SLAPP statute, NRS 41.635, et seq., if a lawsuit is brought against a defendant based upon the exercise of his First Amendment rights, the defendant may file a special motion to dismiss. Evaluating the Anti-SLAPP motion is a two-step process. The movant bears the burden on the first step, and the non-moving party bears the burden on the second. See John v. Douglas County Sch. Dist., 125 Nev. 746, 754 (2009). First, the defendant must show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the plaintiff’s claim is “based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern.” NRS 41.660(3)(a). The relevant statutory category of protected speech is “[c]ommunication[s] made in direct connection with an issue of public interest in a place open to the public or in a public forum … which [are] truthful or [are] made without knowledge of its falsehood.” NRS 41.637(4). Second, once the defendant meets his burden on the first prong, the burden then shifts to the plaintiff, who must make a prima facie evidentiary showing that he has a probability of prevailing on his claims. See NRS 41.660(3)(b); see also John, 125 Nev. at 754. Nevada treats an Anti-SLAPP motion as a species of a motion for summary judgment. See Stubbs v. Strickland, 297 P.3d 326, 329 (Nev. 2013); see also Coker v. Sassone, 432 P.3d 746, 748-49 (Nev. 2019). However, it has some additional procedures to avoid the abusive use of discovery, and if the court grants the motion, the defendant is entitled to an award of reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, as well as an award of up to $10,000. See NRS 41.670(1)(a)-(b). Nevada courts look to case law applying California’s Anti-SLAPP statute, Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16, which shares many similarities with Nevada’s law. See John, 125 Nev. at 756 (stating that “we consider California case law because California’s anti-SLAPP statute is similar
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 9 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 in purpose and language to Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute”); see also Shapiro v. Welt, 389 P.3d 262, 268 (Nev. 2017) (same); Sassone, 432 P.3d at 749 n.3 (finding that “California’s and Nevada’s statutes share a near-identical structure for anti-SLAPP review … Given the similarity in structure, language, and the legislative mandate to adopt California’s standard for the requisite burden of proof, reliance on California case law is warranted”); and see NRS 41.665(2) (defining the plaintiff’s prima facie evidentiary burden in terms of California law). 4.0. ARGUMENT 4.1. Prong One: Plaintiffs’ Claims Are Based Upon Protected Conduct 4.1.1. Definition of Public Interest The term “issue of public interest” is extremely broad, and such an issue “need not be ‘significant’ to be protected by the anti-SLAPP statute – it is enough that it is one in which the public takes an interest.” Nygard, Inc. v. Uusi-Kerttula, (2008) 159 Cal.App.4th 1027, 1042 (2008) (finding that statements to a magazine about work experience for prominent businessman and celebrity were of public interest). An activity does not need to “meet the lofty standard of pertaining to the heart of self-government” to qualify for Anti-SLAPP protection; “social or even low-brow topics may suffice.” Hilton v. Hallmark Cards, 599 F.3d 894, 905 (9th Cir. 2009). The relevant public also does not need to be the public at large; it is sufficient for a relatively small group to be interested. See Traditional Cat Assn., Inc. v. Gilbreath, 118 Cal.App.4th 392, 397 (2004) (finding that “[w]eb site statements” satisfied first prong because they “concerned matters of public interest in the cat breeding community”); Stark v. Lackey, 458 P.3d 342, 346 (Nev. 2020) (finding that online criticism of Nevada Department of Wildlife’s treatment of bears was in direct connection with an issue of public interest, namely “the treatment of Nevada wildlife, and specifically bears in the Tahoe Basin”); Smith v. Zilverberg, 481 P.3d 1222, 1227-28 (Nev. 2021) (finding that statements about “a public figure of widespread fame in the thrifting community” related to his thrifting business were in direct connection with an issue of public interest).
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 10 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Nevada generally follows five “guiding principles” laid out in Piping Rock Partners, Inc. v. David Lerner Assocs., Inc., 946 F. Supp. 2d 957 (N.D. Cal. 2013). Shapiro v. Welt, 133 Nev. 35, 39 (2017). These principles are: (1) “public interest” does not equate with mere curiosity; (2) a matter of public interest should be something of concern to a substantial number of people; a matter of concern to a speaker and a relatively small specific audience is not a matter of public interest; (3) there should be some degree of closeness between the challenged statements and the asserted public interest – the assertion of a broad and amorphous public interest is not sufficient; (4) the focus of the speaker’s conduct should be the public interest rather than a mere effort to gather ammunition for another round of private controversy; and (5) a person cannot turn otherwise private information into a matter of public interest simply by communicating it to a large number of people. Id. at 968. These “guiding principles” are not a formulation of new law, but rather a distillation of California and U.S. Supreme Court decisions on what constitutes an issue of public interest. See Piping Rock, 946 F. Supp. 2d at 968. Nothing in Welt suggests that Nevada courts use this as an exclusive checklist. Instead, the cases cited above and in the Anti-SLAPP Motion also guide the public issue analysis and the application of the Piping Rock factors. 4.1.2. Walia’s Publication Was on an Issue of Public Interest As argued in the FAC, the Sikh community is very conservative. (FAC at ¶ 8; Walia Decl. at ¶ 4.) The subjects of the videos were 1) prominent members of the Reno Sikh community and 2) prostitutes. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 31.) Walia transmitted the subject videos to other members of the Sikh community. (Id. at ¶ 30.) As prominent members of the Sikh community, whether Plaintiffs’ conduct is consistent with or divergent from the expectations of Sikh culture is a matter of public concern, within that community. See Sipple v. Foundation for Nat. Progress, 71 Cal.App.4th 226, 239 (1999); Stewart v. Rolling Stone LLC, 181 Cal.App.4th 664, 667-68 (2018). Certainly, prominent figures in the Reno Sikh community engaging in conduct that unquestionably constituted kam and perhaps constituted adultery, two severe sins in Sikhism, would be of great interest to anyone in that community. The videos were of such interest to the community that the initial recipients re-published them to other parties and on other social media websites. (FAC at ¶
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 11 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 7.) The “public interest” here is of interest to the Sikh community – as the complaint makes clear. If a discussion about a prominent member of the “thrifting community” (as in Zilverberg) fits, of course prominent members of the Sikh community in Reno fit as well. Each of the Shapiro principles support Walia. If there had not been a public interest within the Reno Sikh community as to Plaintiffs failing to adhere to the religious principles they claimed to hold, then the videos would not have spread on social media, as Plaintiffs allege. (FAC at ¶ 7.) Walia only shared the video with 10 people. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 35.) However, then the videos themselves took hold with the Sikh community at large and went viral. (FAC at ¶ 7.) The virality of the videos can only be attributed to the fact that these prominent Sikhs were in them – as videos of scantily clad women are hardly difficult to find elsewhere. As far as “sexy videos” go, these videos hardly register. The videos spreading this way show that they were not on an issue of mere curiosity. The Reno Sikh community, while not as large as the entire populace of Reno, is large enough not to be considered a “relatively small specific audience.” The videos have a direct connection with the relevant public issue, namely prominent figures of the Reno Sikh community flagrantly violating the community’s religious principles and cultural standards of conduct. Walia had no kind of personal dispute with Plaintiffs, and so his conduct could not possibly have been “a mere effort to gather ammunition” for a non-existent dispute. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 34.) Finally, Walia did not publish the statements to a large number of people; it was third parties who did this completely independently, which itself is evidence of significant public interest. Walia’s conduct was in direct connection with an issue of public interest. 4.1.3. Walia’s Statements Were Made in a Public Forum Emails sent to a listserv constitute a public forum sufficient to satisfy prong one of the Anti-SLAPP analysis. See Sanson, 458 P.3d at 1067-68. Social media sites with interactive components, such as Facebook or nextdoor.com pages, are public forums. See Lackey, 458 P.3d at 345 n.2; Kosor v. Olympia Cos., LLC, 478 P.3d 390, 397-98 (Nev. 2020).
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 12 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Walia uploaded his videos of the birthday party to WhatsApp, specifically to a group of ten members of the Sikh community. Contrary to the assertion in the Complaint, WhatsApp is a messaging service, not a social media platform. However, in determining whether prong one is satisfied, a court must look to the alleged conduct, and not the moving party’s denials of such conduct. See Spirtos v. Yemenidjian, 499 P.3d 611, 614 (Nev. 2021) (in response to moving party denying having made allegedly actionable statements, finding that “a moving party’s denial has no relevance at step one of the anti-SLAPP evaluation”). Thus, for purposes of determining whether the public forum requirement is satisfied, Plaintiffs’ allegation that Walia “uploaded the videos to WhatsApp, a social media messaging app that allows users to share messages, images and videos” controls. (FAC at ¶ 7.) Plaintiffs also allege the videos subsequently “ended up on other social media sites.” (Id. at ¶ 8.) Because the FAC is directed at the conduct of sharing the videos on social media sites, the public forum requirement is satisfied. 4.1.4. Walia’s Statements Were Made in Good Faith To be protected under the Anti-SLAPP statute, statements must be “truthful or … made without knowledge of [their] falsehood.” NRS 41.637. Even if a statement is false, the defendant must have made it with actual knowledge that it was false; neither negligence nor even reckless disregard for the truth can defeat a defendant’s showing under prong one. Furthermore, by the Anti-SLAPP statute’s plain language, the “good faith” analysis is completely unrelated to a defendant’s motivations in making a statement. There is no question that the good faith requirement is satisfied here. Plaintiffs’ claims are premised on the allegedly unauthorized dissemination of truthful information, namely their attendance at and participation in the procurement and partaking of prostitutes’ services. A visual recording of an incident cannot be false. See Sanson, 458 P.3d at 1068 (finding that posting videos of courtroom proceedings could not be “false” because “they involve visual recordings of actual court proceedings”); see also PETA v. Bobby Berosini, Ltd., 111 Nev. 615, 629, 895 P.2d 1269, 1272 (1995), overruled on other grounds by City of Las Vegas Downtown Redev. Agency v. Hecht, 113 Nev. 644, 650, 940 P.2d 134, 138 (1997) (finding that videotape at issue was not “false”
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 13 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 because it was an accurate portrayal of what had happened). Without any allegation of falsity, Walia’s conduct was in good faith. To remove any possible ambiguity on this point, however, Walia testifies that he did not know or believe that the videos he published were in any way false, as he recorded the videos himself and was present at the party. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 33.) Walia satisfies his burden under the first prong of the Anti-SLAPP analysis. The burden now shifts to Plaintiffs to show a probability of prevailing on their claims. They cannot. 4.2. Prong Two: Plaintiffs Cannot Show a Probability of Prevailing on Their Claims NRS 41.660 defines a plaintiff’s burden of proof as “the same burden of proof that a plaintiff has been required to meet pursuant to California’s anti Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation law as of the effective date of this act.” NRS 41.665(2). A plaintiff cannot rely on the mere accusations of his complaint or provide a mere scintilla of evidence to defeat an Anti-SLAPP motion. Rather, to satisfy their evidentiary burden under the second prong of the Anti-SLAPP statute, a plaintiff must present “substantial evidence that would support a judgment of relief made in the plaintiff’s favor.” S. Sutter, LLC v. LJ Sutter Partners, L.P., 193 Cal. App. 4th 634, 670 (2011); see also Mendoza v. Wichmann, 194 Cal. App. 4th 1430, 1449 (2011) (holding that “substantial evidence” of lack of probable cause was required to withstand Anti-SLAPP motion on malicious prosecution claim). Plaintiffs bring four claims for relief: (1) invasion of privacy – intrusion; (2) invasion of privacy – public disclosure of private facts; (3) negligence; and (4) punitive damages. The punitive damages claim is not a claim for relief, and Plaintiffs cannot meet their burden to show a probability of prevailing on their other claims. 4.2.1. Plaintiffs Cannot Prevail on Their Intrusion Claim The tort of invasion of privacy encompasses a variety of different causes of action, including unreasonable intrusion upon the seclusion of another and unreasonable publicity given to private facts. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 335 P.3d 125, 135 (Nev. 2014), vacated on other grounds by Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. Hyatt, 136 S. Ct. 1277 (2016) (citing Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652A (1977)); PETA, 111 Nev. at 629. A public disclosure of private facts
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 14 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 claim has three elements: (1) public disclosure; (2) of private facts; (3) that would be highly offensive and objectionable to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities. Montesano v. Donrey Media Group, 99 Nev. 644, 668 P.2d 1081, 1084 (1983). An intrusion upon seclusion claim also has three elements: “(1) an intentional intrusion (physical or otherwise); (2) on the solitude or seclusion of another; (3) that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.” PETA, 111 Nev. at 630, 895 P.2d at 1279. Both of these causes of action require the plaintiff to have an objectively reasonable expectation of privacy. Hyatt, 335 P.3d at 140-41. A “reasonable expectation of privacy” cannot encompass anything exposed to the public or third parties. See California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35, 40 (1988); see Int'l Union v. Garner, 601 F. Supp. 187, 191-92 (M.D. Tenn. 1985) (dismissing plaintiff's invasion of privacy claims in part because “a person does not have a legitimate expectation of privacy, solitude, or seclusion in being free from the dissemination of inferences drawn from observations readily perceivable in public view”). Both claims are also governed by the same test to determine whether disclosure or intrusion is highly offensive. A court must make “a preliminary determination of ‘offensiveness,’” in which the court should consider “the degree of intrusion, the context, conduct and circumstances surrounding the intrusion as well as the intruder’s motives and objectives, the setting into which [s]he intrudes, and the expectations of those whose privacy is invaded.” City of Las Vegas Downtown Redev. Agency v. Hecht, 113 Nev. 644, 650, 940 P.2d 134, 138 (1997). To be actionable, an intrusion upon seclusion must be “the result of conduct to which the reasonable man would strongly object.” Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652B cmt. d. There was no intrusion upon seclusion here. One might imagine that revealing the fact that Plaintiffs were cavorting with prostitutes could be “offensive,” to Plaintiffs – but they did this in a public place, when they picked them up. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 18.) Then, as shown by video of the party, multiple people were recording everything that happened for posterity. One of the Plaintiffs was even live-streaming the party! (Id. at ¶ 26.) Those participating in the party saw these recording devices and did not object to their use, and in fact, “hammed it up” for the cameras. See Section
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 15 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 2.0, supra. Plaintiffs knew they were being recorded and had no issue with it, and Walia was welcome to the party because he was one of the people who threw it. Further, how would anyone be able to stop the prostitutes, themselves, from talking about the event? There was no reasonable expectation of privacy and there was nothing offensive about Walia recording it. The intrusion upon seclusion claim is legally frivolous; if anyone found Walia’s recording of the party objectionable, they would have said something and they wouldn’t have been recording the party themselves. They certainly would not have been contemporaneously broadcasting the party to others who weren’t even present so they could see what was going on. Plaintiffs do not so much as allege that Walia recorded the videos without consent. Without a single fact, existing or alleged, to support this claim, it fails. 4.2.2. Plaintiffs Cannot Prevail on Their Public Disclosure Claim 4.2.2.1. Plaintiffs lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy Plaintiffs’ Complaint rests primarily on Walia’s alleged distribution of the videos, a distribution of private facts claim, but that distribution is not actionable either. Presumably, the allegedly private fact at issue is that Plaintiffs were partying with prostitutes. But Plaintiffs had no expectation of privacy in this fact. They made this fact abundantly clear to casual observers by going to a bar, which was the designated spot for hiring prostitutes, selecting their preferred prostitutes, and then returning to their room with the prostitutes. All of this was done in public view. Additionally, Plaintiff Amandeep Singh contemporaneously broadcast this fact, and all other details of the birthday party, to friends and family. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 20). Further still, there were at least five prostitutes present at the party. One can hardly claim to have an expectation of privacy when there is a flock of hookers watching everything you do. Gill v. Hearst Pub. Co., 40 Cal. 2d 224 (1953) is instructive on this point. That case dealt with plaintiffs who voluntarily posed for a photograph taken on the premises of a business accessible to the public. The court found the plaintiffs could not bring an invasion of privacy claim for subsequent widespread publication of photo, as “[t]he photograph of plaintiffs merely permitted other members of the public, who were not at plaintiffs’ place of business at the time it
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 16 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 was taken, to see them as they had voluntarily exhibited themselves . . . In short, the photograph did not disclose anything which until then had been private, but rather only extended knowledge of the particular incident to a somewhat larger public than had actually witnessed it at the time of occurrence.” Id. at 230. Just as in Gill, Plaintiffs were conspicuously present in a place open to the public where anyone could have seen them hiring prostitutes and bringing them up to their rooms. Apparently, they now regret that these facts became known back in Nevada, but they did nothing to keep this information secret. If Plaintiffs take the position that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the details of the party because it took place in a non-public place, this argument would fail. See Daly v. Viacom, Inc., 238 F. Supp. 2d 1118, 1124 (N.D. Cal. 2002) (finding that fact of plaintiff kissing a man in a bathroom stall was not private because she did so “both in a bar and on a city sidewalk,” and finding that mere location of different kissing incident did not make underlying fact private). Plaintiffs’ conduct is similar to the plaintiff in Fisher v. Ohio Dep’t of Rehab. & Corr., 61 Ohio Misc. 2d 303, 305 (Ct. Cl. 1988). There, the plaintiff had a conversation with co-workers on the topic of “sexual situations involving minor children.” The court ruled that the plaintiff did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents or subject matter of this conversation because “[t]he plaintiff’s discussion of her personal experiences were freely offered to the persons around her without concern of the impact it might have on her character.” Similarly, Plaintiffs were openly hiring prostitutes in a public place, partying with them in full view of a group of people, and even broadcasting the party internationally. The prostitutes themselves were of a crowd sufficiently large that acts performed in front of them could reasonably be considered to be “public.” Plaintiffs had no reasonable expectation of privacy in either the details of the party or the fact they were partying with prostitutes.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 17 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 4.2.2.2. There was no “public disclosure” The public disclosure claim also fails for lack of exactly that: public disclosure. Walia only sent the videos of the party to a group of ten people.9 This is not sufficient publication for the claim to succeed – in fact, there were more people than that at the party. The tort of public disclosure of private facts ‘“must be accompanied by publicity in the sense of communication to the public in general or to a large number of persons as distinguished from one individual or a few.’” Timperley v. Chase Collection Service, 272 Cal. App. 2d 697, 700 (1969) (quoting Schwartz v. Thiele, 242 Cal. App. 2d 799, 805 (1966)); see Fisher, 61 Ohio Misc. 2d at 305 (finding that publicity requirement was not met where the defendant forwarded information to attorney of plaintiff’s former spouse in compliance with subpoena in domestic relations case). Generally, “it is not an invasion of the right to privacy . . . to communicate a fact concerning the plaintiff’s private life to a single person or even to a small group of persons.” Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652D cmt. a (1977). Rather, a public disclosure only occurs when ‘“the matter is made public, by communicating it to the public at large, or to so many persons that the matter must be regarded as substantially certain to become one of public knowledge.”’ Doe v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist., No. 2:15-cv-00793-APG-GWF, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61637, *21 (D. Nev. Apr. 21, 2017) (quoting Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652D cmt. a). ‘“The distinction, in other words, is one between private and public communication.’” Id.; see Kuhn v. Account Control Tech., Inc., 865 F. Supp. 1443, 1448 (D. Nev. 1994) (holding that communications “limited to the small group of [the plaintiff’s] co-workers” was not sufficient for publication element). There were at least five strangers, none of whom was sworn to secrecy, at the party, and approximately 10 other guests. One cannot reasonably call video excerpts of such an event an element of a “private life.” The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652D cmt. b. offers examples of “private life” that include photographs taken without consent in private, sexual relations, 9 Plaintiffs allege the statements were then disseminated by third parties more broadly, but Walia did not publicize the videos this way. They were disseminated more widely because of their public interest.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 18 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 intimate personal letters, and other facts that a person “does not expose to the public eye, but keeps entirely to himself or at most reveals to his family or close friends.” Here, Plaintiffs exposed their conduct to videography with their consent, in public. As noted above, had the recordings been surreptitious, it would be another story. Had the recordings been of private sexual encounters, again, another story. But this was a large group of men and a group of unknown prostitutes – nobody thought anything here was part of anyone’s “private life.” Even if it was, Walia published his videos to a group of only ten people. This is precisely the kind of small group of people to whom dissemination cannot constitute public disclosure of private facts. In fact, it is a smaller group than was at attendance at the party. It was also far from “substantially certain” that Walia’s dissemination of the videos would result in them becoming public knowledge. He sent the videos to a group of friends, not to a reporter or media outlet. None of them resided in Nevada, or even in the United States, when this happened. There was thus no reason at all to think that there would be widespread dissemination of the videos. 4.2.2.3. Walia’s disclosure was a matter of legitimate public concern Legitimate public concern is a bar to liability for publication of private facts. Shulman v. Group W Productions, Inc., 18 Cal. 4th 200, 215 (1998). Courts must decide whether a publication is of legitimate public concern based upon: (1) the social value of the published facts; (2) the extent of the intrusion into ostensibly private matters, and (3) the extent to which a party voluntarily assumed a position of public notoriety. Times-Mirror Company v. Superior Court of San Diego County, 198 Cal. App. 3d 1420, 1428 (1988). Public concern depends upon the logical relationship or nexus between the event that brought the plaintiff into the public eye and the particular facts disclosed, so long as the facts are not intrusive in great disproportion to their relevance. Shulman, 18 Cal. 4th at 215. The Times-Mirror factors show that the videos were matters of public concern to the Sikh community. Plaintiffs are all prominent members of this community, and due to its close-knit nature, the community has a significant interest in whether its prominent members adhere to the community’s religious principles. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 7.) There is thus significant social value in
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 19 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 publicizing the fact that these members do not, in fact, adhere to these principles. The spread of the videos on social media by third parties is further proof of this. The first factors favors Walia. As discussed above, there was nothing private about Plaintiffs hiring prostitutes in a common area visible to the general public. Even if some expectation of privacy existed as to this fact, the extent of any intrusion was minimal given that Plaintiffs themselves were recording the party and broadcasting it to third parties. The second factor favors Walia. Plaintiffs were all prominent members of the Sikh community and actively sought out this status within the community. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 8.) Because, like most public figures, they voluntarily sought and obtained their notoriety, this factor favors Walia. With all three factors in Walia’s favor, the publication of the videos showing Plaintiffs, prominent members of the Sikh community, engaging in conduct that is anathema to Sikh religious values, was a matter of legitimate public concern. 4.2.3. Plaintiffs Cannot Prevail on Their Negligence Claim Plaintiffs’ negligence claim is derivative of their privacy claims and fails for the same reasons the above claims fail. Because Plaintiffs did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy, Walia owed them no duty not to disseminate the videos to a small group of people. He also owed them no duty not to film the party, particularly when none of them objected and many were filming and broadcasting the party themselves. He did not otherwise owe any duty not to engage in this conduct, as there was no agreement among any of the party-goers not to film or distribute this information. (Walia Decl. at ¶ 28.) 5.0. CONCLUSION A bunch of guys picked up some hookers and had a party. Everyone pulled out their cameras and took video. Some excerpts went viral, and now some of the guys think they can put the genie back in the bottle by filing a frivolous lawsuit. The genie isn’t going back in the bottle any more than the frosting they ate off of the hookers breasts is going back on the cake. The Court should dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice and award Defendant both his costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, as well as $10,000 under NRS 41.670(1)(b), to be substantiated by separate motion.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 20 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 AFFIRMATION Pursuant to NRS 239B.030 and 603A.040 The undersigned does hereby affirm that the preceding document, Defendant’s Anti- SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to NRS 41.660, filed in case number CV22-01005, does not contain the personal information of any person. Dated: August 17, 2022. Respectfully Submitted, RANDAZZA LEGAL GROUP, PLLC /s/ Marc J. Randazza Marc J. Randazza, NV Bar No. 12265 2764 Lake Sahara Drive, Suite 109 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Telephone: 702-420-2001 ecf@randazza.com Attorneys for Defendant
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 21 - Anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Dismiss CV22-01005 Case No. CV22-01005 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that pursuant to NRCP 5(b), a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was electronically filed on this 17th day of August, 2022 and served via the Second Judicial District Court’s electronic filing system. /s/ Marc J. Randazza Marc J. Randazza
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