Opinion
March 6, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Werner, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The speculative assertions made by the defendants in support of their motion failed to establish a sufficient nexus between their claimed defenses and the marital proceedings to overcome the statutory protection accorded to testimony and pleadings in a matrimonial action (see, Domestic Relations Law § 235; Harvey v. Mazal Am. Partners, 179 A.D.2d 1, 9). Balletta, J.P., Santucci, Altman and Hart, JJ., concur.