Not in response, not a TCPA case.

Simmons sued Cook for securities fraud; Cook move to dismiss under the TCPA, and the Fifth Court found that Cook failed to show that Simmons’s lawsuit was “in response to” any potentially-protected communication: “Cook does not dispute that Simmons’s pleadings do not mention Cook’s interview with the Texas Rangers or make any reference to Paxton or Servergy. Nor is there any evidence that Simmons was involved in any way with the Texas Rangers’s investigation. According to Cook, his interview was about Paxton, not Simmons. Simmons’s allegations are that Cook made misrepresentations in the sale of securities. ‘Any activities [by Cook] that are not a factual predicate for [Simmons’s] claims are not pertinent to our inquiry regarding whether the TCPA applies.'” Cook v. Simmons, No. 05-19-00091-CV  (Nov. 12, 2019) (mem. op.) (citation omitted).