In the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Eight, a case was filed on April 19, 2024, by Robert Dubac against Sandra Itkoff and others (Case ID: B317061). The lawsuit revolves around a neighborhood dispute involving allegations of racial discrimination and defamation in a six-unit condominium building.
The plaintiff, Robert Dubac, represented by Rosen Saba's Todd M. Lander and Michael J. Peng, owns a condominium in the same building as defendants Sandra Itkoff and Jonathan Diamond. According to the court filing, the defendants made nine statements that Dubac claimed were defamatory. The conflict allegedly started before 2015 when Itkoff and Diamond accused Dubac of discriminating against them due to their Jewish heritage and their African-American daughter.
The damages claimed include emotional distress caused by emails sent by Itkoff and Diamond accusing Dubac of self-dealing at the expense of other homeowners, acting in bad faith, being racist, and mismanaging the homeowners association. These emails were also sent to other residents of the condominium building.
Dubac is seeking judgment for defamation based on these statements made by Itkoff and Diamond. He alleges that these statements have falsely painted him as a racist who harasses and abuses children out of racial animus.