Plaintiff is the editor of a newspaper. Defendant posted an…
Plaintiff is the editor of a newspaper. Defendant posted an essay on a website that stated Plaintiff was “an unethical cheat” because Plaintiff wrote editorials for the paper without disclosing his financial interest in the subject matter of the editorial. Plaintiff sued Defendant for defamation and Defendant defended on the grounds of truth. After Plaintiff testified that he was not an unethical cheat, Defendant called Alpha as a witness. Alpha testified that Plaintiff accepted a bribe to write a positive editorial. Plaintiff’s lawyer objects. The testimony should be:
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