Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia has filed a defamation and libel suit against the operator of a website who uses the brand name Turtleboy, alleging he knowingly published false statements about her last year and in 2021.
Aidan Kearney, who runs the website and social media accounts under the Turtleboy brand, is the sole defendant named in the lawsuit, which Mejia filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court. In addition to the libel and defamation claims, the complaint also accuses Kearney of intentional infliction of emotional distress.
“The statements made by Turtle Boy about Councilor Mejia are defamatory and libelous,” her lawyer, Anthony R. Ellison, said Thursday in a statement. “Councilor Mejia is looking forward to her day in court, where we are confident that she will prevail and that there will be accountability for the untruths told by Mr. Kearney and the harm that he has caused as a result of those lies.”
The complaint addresses statements Kearney published about two incidents he says involved Mejia. Some of the statements refer to a murder scene in Boston in 2021. The other statements were published last month, and they refer to Kearney’s alleged attempts to question Mejia about accusations that she was involved in a drunken driving incident.
The complaint cites four tweets published by Kearney between Dec. 14 and Dec. 19 of last year, including one that describes a visit he made to Mejia’s home “to ask some questions about reports that she was involved in a DUI...
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