A North Carolina Superior Court judge rejected Sen. Michael Lee’s, R-New Hanover, request to have his Democrat opponent, Marcia Morgan, immediately take down allegedly false television ads against him. However, a lawsuit against Morgan and her political campaign committee will proceed to trial.
Lee, the incumbent in Senate District 9, is running against Morgan in SD 7. He filed a motion Monday in New Hanover County Superior Court seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the ads, which allegedly defame him and his law firm, from running on Wilmington area television stations.
Judge Phyllis Gorham denied Lee’s request for a temporary restraining order.
According to a press release sent by Lee’s campaign, the ad falsely claims that Lee used his political position to help clients at his law firm. The ad mimics another from a previous campaign that made the same claim. At that time, Democrat Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo stated that the charge was categorically false. Lee and his law firm sent cease-and-desist letters to the television stations, outlining in detail the alleged defamation and lack of evidence for the claims in the ad.
Morgan’s attorney told Judge Gorham that...
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