Derry state rep. settles with drag queens in defamation case

Published: Aug 23, 2024 Duration: 00:01:27 Category: News & Politics

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NOW FROM MANCHESTER. SO, ISABEL, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT? SO IT'S BEEN A TWO YEAR LONG COURT BATTLE FOR ROBERT CHAMPION AND MICHAEL MCMAHON. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAR THEIR NAME AFTER THEY SAY THAT DERRY REPRESENTATIVE, DAVID LOVE, MADE SERIOUS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THEM IN PUBLIC. SOMETHING LOVE IS NOW ADMITTING TO BOTH. CHAMPION, ALSO KNOWN AS MONIQUE TO SUSAN AND MICHAEL MCMAHON, ALSO KNOWN AS CLAIRE DEVINE, HELPED ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATED IN A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR AT A NEW HAMPSHIRE LIBRARY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. LOVE SPOKE AT A DERRY TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IN FAVOR OF ADDING BACKGROUND SECURITY CHECKS FOR LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS. SPECIFICALLY AT THIS MEETING. HE USED THAT STORY HOUR SPECIFICALLY NAMING THE PLAINTIFFS AND MAKING FALSE ACCUSATIONS, CHARACTERIZING THEM AS EXAMPLES OF INAPPROPRIATE VOLUNTEERS AT LIBRARIES GOING AS FAR AS TO CLAIM ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS WAS A, QUOTE, REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. THAT CLAIM WAS FALSE. CHAMPION AND MCMAHON FILED A LEGAL COMPLAINT IN APRIL OF 2022, CLAIMING THAT LOVE STATEMENTS WERE DEFAMATORY. WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT IT WAS, IT WAS JUST INFURIATING BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ONLY TALKING STUFF THAT'S NOT TRUE ABOUT US, BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS A LAW LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING INTO PLACE AND YOU'RE USING THESE LIES. LOVE IS STILL IN OFFICE, REPRESENTING ROCKINGHAM COUNTY'S DISTRICT 13. HE IS RUNNING TO KEEP HIS SEAT IN THIS

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