Sean Penn has scored a small success in the first round of his defamation lawsuit with Empire co-creator Lee Daniels. A letter to a judge today confirms that the case will be tried in New York Supreme Court ? where the lawsuit was originally filed ? and that Daniels will be paying money associated with an aborted attempt to have the case moved to federal court. The problem began when Daniels compared Empire star Terrence Howard's domestic violence troubles to Sean Penn. Specifically, Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter that he thought Howard hadn't done anything different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn once did. Penn's lawsuit asserts that Daniels' statement likening Penn to Howard was tantamount to accusing Penn of hitting women and was "egregious."
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