Landers v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., No. 00-2233, 2002 WL 832588, *1 (D. Minn. Apr. 26, 2002) (citing Bolton v. Department of Human Servs., 540 N.W.2d 523, 525-26 (Minn. 1995); see also Ivers v. Church of St. William, No. C2-98-519, 1998 WL 887536, *4 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 22, 1998) ("Minnesota does not recognize claims based on defamation by conduct or dramatic pantomime.") (citing Bolton, 540 N.W.2d at 523). A plaintiff must plead and prove a defamation claim with a certain degree of specificity, including pleading who made the alleged defamatory statement, to whom the statements were made, and where the statements were made. Pope v. ESA Servs., Inc., 406 F.3d 1001, 1011 (8th Cir. 2005) (citation omitted); Pinto v. Int'l Set, Inc., 650 F. Supp. 306, 309 (D. Minn. 1986).