Susan Lorincz threatens defamation lawsuit against AJ Owens’ mother, children

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Susan Lorincz, the Marion County woman convicted of manslaughter for shooting and killing her neighbor, Ajike “AJ” Owens, in 2023, is now threatening a defamation lawsuit against Owens’ children and mother.

Recently filed court records show a four-page letter from Lorincz planning to countersue after Pamela Dias, Owens’ mother, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her.

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Lorincz claims Owens’ children lied in their depositions and trespassed on her property prior to the shooting. She claims one of the children lied about her allegedly throwing a skate at him.

After the altercation, the child told his mother, and Owens knocked on Lorincz’s front door to confront her about allegedly assaulting her son. Lorincz fired a single shot through the locked front door, striking and killing Owens as she stood next to her son.

She wants to sue for slander, libel, and defamation of character for damages exceeding $50,000.

Also named in the letter is Lorincz’s former landlord. She claims he did not secure her property correctly.

Lorincz is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence. She declined to testify at her trial.

A newly released Netflix documentary titled “The Perfect Neighbor” has reignited public interest in the case.

In September, TV20 conducted a one-on-one interview with Lorincz inside the Homestead Correctional Institute, the Florida prison where she is being held.

During the exclusive interview, Lorincz recounted her version of the confrontation with Owens’ children, “There were three boys, and they were very close to my sidewalk, and they had their skates around and stuff. I had fallen over a skate, and I said, ‘Guys, pick up your skates,’ and they’re like, ‘No.’”

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