Councilmember John Liu faces lawsuit

Councilmember John Liu must be the happiest defendant ever facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Liu received a $55 million defamation suit via email last Thursday, August 3 from Troi Torain, a/k/a Star, the former Power 105.1 FM disk jockey Liu successfully lobbied against to be pushed out of work.
Torain made lewd and threatening remarks about a rival station DJ’s daughter on the air that drew Liu’s ire. Despite the upcoming legal proceedings, the Flushing Councilmember remained upbeat. &#8220As long as he’s suing me, it will occupy all his attention,” Liu said. &#8220I’d far prefer him to go after me than little children.
The suit, filed by Torain’s attorney, James Cinque, accuses Liu of launching a crusade against the former DJ that led to his firing and arrest. Liu publicly criticized the shock jock and called for a boycott of Power 105 after Star made anti-Asian comments about the wife of rival on-air personality DJ Envy, Gia Casey, in May. Torain was fired soon thereafter.
Torain, 42, also made comments suggesting a threat of sexual abuse and urination against the couple’s four-year-old daughter. He offered $500 to any listener who provided details about where the girl went to school. Two days later, Torain was arrested and charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of a child by detectives from the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit. Criminal charges will be dropped if and when he serves three days of community service and stays out of trouble for six months.
&#8220The fact remains though, that this is a grown man who states, in the most public of ways,” Liu said, &#8220that he wants to sexually assault and commit deviant acts on a four-year-old girl. And that, in my book, is a sick pedophile.”
Repeated calls to Cinque were not returned.