(Bloomberg) — Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice Greenberg defeated a bid by Eliot Spitzer to throw out a lawsuit in which he was accused of making defamatory statements in a campaign to damage Greenberg's reputation.
Greenberg, 89, sued Spitzer, 55, in New York State Supreme Court in Putnam County last year seeking unspecified damages for statements the ex-New York governor made to media outlets in 2012 accusing the former executive of fraud.
The statements “are part of a long-standing malicious campaign by Mr. Spitzer, through the publication of false and defamatory statements, to discredit Mr. Greenberg and damage Mr. Greenberg's reputation and career, while attempting to bolster Mr. Spitzer's own reputation and career,” Greenberg said in his complaint.
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