“Gretchen Rossi has lost yet another court battle to ex Jay Photoglou reports E! Online.

The judge struck down Gretchen’s claims of defamation, libel and portrayal in a false light after determining that her lawyers hadn’t offered up enough evidence to prove that Jay was lying about the two of them being in a romantic relationship while she was engaged to Jeff Beitzel, who died of cancer in 2008…..”
Reality Tea has full story here!

Apparently, Gretchen did not produce sufficient evidence that the statements were false. Umm, imagine that!

I suddenly have the urge to go get a Bobble Head. Strange.

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” star Gretchen Rossi just took a big hit in court — TMZ has learned her defamation allegations against ex boyfriend Jay Photoglou were just tossed out.

Gretchen had  filed a lawsuit against Jay earlier this year alleging he slandered her to the media by claiming her relationship with, now deceased, Jeff Beitzel was staged for the show — and that  it was actually Jay who was Gretchen’s boyfriend during the entire taping.

The case was heard in an OC court this afternoon … and the judge dismissed 3 huge causes — ruling that Jay is off the hook for slander, defamation, and false light…”

Read TMZ‘s full story here.

In other news, it has been reported Slade Smiley has had a reverse vasectomy done and is now officically engaged to be Mr Rossi to Gretchen. The ring is said to be a yellow diamond…rent-a-rock. Now that’s l-o-v-e! Awww…

GRETCHEN ROSSI VS. JAY PHOTOGLOU
MOTION FOR SLAPP 10/21/2010 02:00

Jay’s motion to strike:
Cause of action for slander- GRANTED
Cause of action for defamation- GRANTED
Cause of action for false light- GRANTED

Watch for updates!
Edited at 6:00 p.m.

“The Real Housewives of Orange County blonde lost a few of the legal legs she was standing on Thursday when a judge dismissed the meat of her defamation lawsuit against self-proclaimed ex-boyfriend Jay Photoglou.
For starters, the defamation part is out.

“Yes!” Photoglou exclaimed as he left the courtroom and gave his attorney a hug. (No official comment was forthcoming, however.)

The judge struck down Rossi’s claims of defamation, libel and portrayal in a false light after determining that her camp hadn’t offered up enough evidence to prove Photoglou was lying about the two of them being in a romantic relationship while she was engaged to Jeff Beitzel, who died of cancer in 2008.”

Full story at E! online

Edited at 5:15 p.m. CONGRATS JAY!!!!

A little appetizer before dinner.
As RadarOnline.com reported yesterday, Gretchen Rossi was served as she arrived
at the home of fellow castmate, Peggy
Tanous. No word on what was served for
dessert. Read the full story here

More than dinner was served when Gretchen Rossi got together for a meal with her Real Housewives of Orange County co-stars last Saturday night.

As soon as Rossi arrived at the party she was served – with a lawsuit,

The suit was filed by her ex boyfriend Jay Photoglou and a source familiar with the situation said Rossi’s attorneys refused to accept service, leading Jay to have Gretchen served publicly.

It happened at the home of Peggy Tanous, the new Orange County cast member. Stars from Bravo’s reality series got together at Tanous’ home for a dinner, that was taped by the network.

“Gretchen pulled up in her car and as soon as she got out she was served with the legal papers,” a source told RadarOnline.com. “She turned away and acted as if she was going to try to avoid being served. But there were two people there to serve her and she had no choice. She finally just accepted service.”

Read full story at RadarOnline.com

Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

Orange County Court records show there has been recent movement in the case of GRETCHEN ROSSI VS. JAY PHOTOGLOU. A 24 page SLAPP Motion was filed by Photoglou on June 29th. There were an additional 449 pages filed that same day…are these related to the SLAPP motion, or are they something completely different?  Jay is represented by Bryan Freedman with Freedman & Taitelman, LLP.

California’s statute defines a SLAPP suit as: a lawsuit brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances.
The Law Office of  James J. Moneer, who does not represent either party, has a primary emphasis in handling SLAPP motions and appeals. In The POWER of SLAPP, he explains “8 Reasons to take SLAPP very seriously.” Definitely worth the read!
WOW!
Stay tuned…

Dressed in uniform, the Costa Mesa Chief of Police was seated in the front row as Jay Photoglou read the following to the Costa Mesa City Council Meeting on Tuesday night.

Jay presented the following documents before he spoke with a motion:

Original email

Read more here