FRANKFORT, IL — State Senator Michael Hastings is suing the Village of Frankfort to find out if someone in the Frankfort Police Department or Laraway Communications Center leaked a police report from a June 2021 domestic incident involving Hastings and his wife, Kathleen, at their home.
Hastings filed a petition for discovery July 18 in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial District in Will County, according to court documents. The petition also lists two unnamed people as sources of possible information on the leak.
According to court documents, a Frankfort police officer responded June 20, 2021, to the Hastings' home in the 20600 block of Holland Harbor Drive for a report of a verbal argument. Hastings alleges that the police report contains "defamatory statements" and "false claims" of domestic violence made by his estranged wife, including an allegation she was battered by her husband approximately eight months prior.
The Hastings are currently in the process of getting a divorce. In his petition, Hastings said that he is a potential plaintiff in a separate complaint alleging defamation and invasion of privacy.
Village of Frankfort Administrator Rob Piscia in an email Wednesday wrote that the Village is aware of Hastings' petition.
"The Village takes such allegations seriously and affirms that it responds to requests and release of...
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