Roy Moore drops defamation lawsuit against Highway 31 Super PAC
Former Alabama Chief Justice and failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore dropped one of his many defamation lawsuits on Friday. The lawsuit, originally filed against the Highway 31 Super PAC in July alleged that the PAC ran widespread defamatory and misleading ads during the 2017 race, and doubled-down on accusations of sexual misconduct that surfaced against Moore during the campaign. The suit continued to allege that Highway 31 ran the “false” ads and “intentionally or recklessly failed to confirm the accuracy” of them. “Despite knowing that the content was false or in reckless disregard thereof each one of (the defendants) did in fact run advertisements that contained false and defaming material,” the complaint read. The motion to dismiss did not include a reason for why Moore is dropping the suit. “Roy S. Moore and Kayla Moore hereby voluntarily dismiss this action against all defendants without prejudice,” the court documents state according to WSFA. In November, The Washington Post published a bombshell report with the accounts of Corfman, Gibson, and one other woman who claimed Moore sexually pursued them when he was in his 30s and they were in their teens. Moore previously filed an earlier defamation suit in April when he sued some of the women who made accusations against him — Marjorie Leigh Corfman, Debbie Wesson Gibson, Beverly Young Nelson, Tina Turner Johnson, and other “unknown” defendants — for causing “irrevocable damage” to his reputation “that affected the outcome of the Senate election in December 2017.” Moore filed another suit on Wednesday against Sacha Baron Cohen, CBS and Showtime for fraud, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He is currently seeking $95 million in punitive and compensatory damages for a July 29 episode of Cohen’s Showtime series, “Who Is America?”
Roy Moore files defamation, political conspiracy lawsuit against accusers
Roy Moore announced the filing of a defamation and political conspiracy lawsuit on Monday at his first press conference since losing the U.S. Senate election. Moore and his team are filing the suit against Richard Hagedorn, Marjorie Leigh Corfman, Debbie Wesson Gibson, Beverly Young Nelson, Tina Turner Johnson, and other “unknown” defendants. Moore claims the allegations from this group caused “irrevocable damage” to his reputation “that affected the outcome of the Senate election in December 2017.” “The people of Alabama deserve to know the truth, that the accusations made against Judge Moore during the U.S. Senate campaign arose from a political conspiracy to destroy his personal reputation and defeat him in the special Senate election for United States Senate,” said Melissa Isaak, Moore’s attorney. In November, The Washington Post published a bombshell report with the accounts of Corfman, Gibson, and one other woman who claimed Moore sexually pursued them when he was in his 30s and they were in their teens. Nelson appeared on television several days later, with her attorney, Gloria Allred, and accused Moore of attempting to rape her behind a restaurant where she worked in 1977 when she was 16. Johnson later came forward, accusing Moore of grabbing her buttocks in 1991 while she was leaving his law office during a meeting with her mother. Moore’s team said he’s filing the lawsuit “not only to hold accountable those who are guilty of slanderous and libelous conduct, but also to restore his good name, character, and reputation with the people of Alabama.” Read a full copy of the suit here.
