Scott Stringer, the former city comptroller, can move forward with his defamation case against the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct amid his failed 2021 mayoral run, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday.
In an unanimous decision on April 21, the state Appellate Division, First Department, overturned a lower court’s ruling last year tossing out Stringer’s defamation suit against his accuser: Jean Kim. The appellate court allowed Stringer’s case to proceed after he appealed the lower court’s decision last year.
