The first time the Illinois Appellate Court considered Omid Shariat Razavi’s defamation case against Eva Walkuski, Ariel Zekelman and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the 1st District — granting Walkuski and Zekelman’s request for immediate appeal on a question of law after a judge denied their motion to dismiss — concluded that the absolute privilege that applies to defamatory statements made to law enforcement officers about alleged crimes “extends to statements made by alleged …