![By Siebbi (Christian Slater) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Christian Slater leaving the premiere of Nymphomaniac (I) at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2014.](https://i0.wp.com/mynewsla.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MyNewsLA-new-template-8.jpg?ssl=1)
In court papers, Thomas Knight Slater wrote Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Suzanne Brugera dismissed his lawsuit July 25 despite a lack of medical proof that he has mental health issues.
“While the plaintiff does not claim to be perfect, he also claims that he is not manic-depressive, or schizophrenic, and there was no specific evidence provided that enforced anything to the contrary,” Thomas Slater states in court papers filed Aug. 16.
In her five-page ruling, Brugera concluded that the 47-year-old “Mr. Robot” star’s comments were protected free speech. She also found that the actor is entitled to seek attorney’s fees against his father.
The ruling did not affect the part of the elder Slater’s against his ex- wife, casting director Mary Jo Slater, who he also sued on Feb. 24. His suit alleges slander, libel, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and invasion of privacy.
According to the lawsuit, Christian Slater defamed his father when he told an interviewer in December that the plaintiff suffered from manic- depressive schizophrenia. The suit alleges Mary Jo Slater made statements that caused him to be “blacklisted in the show business community.”
In a sworn declaration accompanying his motion, Thomas Slater wrote he has never been diagnosed as manic-depressive, schizophrenic or insane.
“That for sure I might not be the most pleasant type of person at times, and at other times irascible,” Thomas Slater says. “If you ask anyone in the industry that I am a part of, there are too many of my sort, but that is a tendency that artists of my type are well-known for, though they need not be.”
He says he is “fully aware of what is going on around me” and that he supported his son even “when he had problems as an adult and I helped him through that crisis.”
Thomas Slater’s acting credits include appearances in soap operas such as “Love is a Many Splendored Thing” and “Ryan’s Hope” and the films “Mommie Dearest” and “Midnight Run.”
During his career, he also has used the names Michael Hawkins and Michael Gainsborough.
A hearing on Thomas Slater’s motion is scheduled for Jan. 19.
–City News Service