SALT LAKE COUNTY— Lake Restoration Solutions, LLC is suing Benjamin Abbott over various false and misleading statements over Lake Restoration and the Utah Lake Restoration Project according to court documents.
Abbott is an assistant professor at BYU in Ecosystems and Ecology and has been outspoken against the Utah Lake Restoration Project in recent months.
Please read and share this open letter signed by 117 environmental, engineering, and legal experts opposing the Utah Lake island development.
Our lake deserves better. Let’s stop this dangerous project and get back to the work of legitimate restoration.https://t.co/iqjfWtI2oq pic.twitter.com/qzgB8AmbDJ
— Ben Abbott (@thermokarst) December 29, 2021
The Utah Lake Restoration Project aims to dredge the lake and restore it, to “reduce water loss and evaporation while creating sustainable wildlife habitats,” according to their website.
Abbott is being sued for $3 million for defamation, false light, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations. Lake Restoration Solutions says the false information shared by Abbott has damaged their company from potential investors.
According to the suit, Abbott’s claims are unfounded.
“While Lake Restoration welcomes fulsome, fact-based discussion of the Project (about which Lake Restoration has repeatedly invited public feedback), Abbott is not entitled to poison the debate with his false and defamatory statements—which he has promulgated on multiple forums, including...
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