Plaintiff, a Republican political operative, had sued the ACU president for allegedly groping him:
In his time involved with the Republican Party, plaintiff "has served political campaigns and political committees as a field coordinator, field director, grassroots director, and political director, among others." While working for one of these campaigns as a political staffer, plaintiff alleges that, "[o]n October 19, 2022, a high-profile person in conservative and Republican Party politics committed a sexual battery upon [him] in Georgia." This sexual battery incident became more public on January 6, 2023, when the Daily Beast ran an article detailing the sexual battery incident, without naming plaintiff, and "[o]ther media outlets picked up the story, and the incident became widely known" [link -EV]. Although the Daily Beast and the other media outlets did not identify plaintiff's name as the victim, plaintiff asserts that "many in the political and journalism communities were aware of his identity."
was aware of plaintiff's identity and began attacking plaintiff on Twitter in the wake of the Daily Beast story. Specifically, defendant allegedly made false statements about the type of work that plaintiff did for the campaigns he worked on, and she accused plaintiff of being "fired from multiple campaigns for lying and unethical behavior" and for being a "habitual liar." Because of these allegedly false and defamatory statements, plaintiff claims he "suffered damages,...
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