Less than two weeks after being accused by her former employer--a charity--of inappropriately taking its 'proprietary' donor list and then using it to promote her husband's new book, former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich fought back today by suing for defamation.
The lawsuit, filed this morning in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., names Richard Roberts, the senior director of strategy and communications for the Chicago Christian Industrial League (CCIL) as the defendant.
According to the lawsuit, Roberts falsely accused the former first lady of stealing CCIL’s donor list.
But according to the suit, CCIL never maintained an email list of donors for purposes of outreach. The suit says Mrs. Blagojevich created her own list building on her personal Outlook contacts.
When her husband was arrested, Mrs. Blagojevich was abruptly fired.
The complaint alleges that Roberts made false accusations to 'Chicago Sun-Times' columnist Michael Sneed, who then published the statements in a column on September 17, 2009.
The suit does not name the 'Chicago Sun-Times,' Sneed or the charity itself as defendants.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Patti Blagojevich Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Charity Spokesman
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