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TexasTowelie

(116,556 posts)
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 05:45 PM Nov 2017

Judge: Lawsuit against Robert Bentley can continue

A lawsuit against Robert Bentley will proceed now that a judge has found the sovereign immunity enjoyed by state officials can’t shield the former governor from any liability he’d have if former Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier’s legal action against him is successful.

The lawsuit was filed in Montgomery County in April of 2016, shortly after Collier blew the whistle on Bentley’s long-rumored affair with his former staff member, Rebekah Mason.

Prior to going public with his knowledge of the affair and the now-infamous recording of a phone conversation between Bentley and Mason, Collier and several of his top staff members were fired from Alabama Law Enforcement Agency at the governor’s behest.

Collier has claimed his termination in 2016 and the investigation into a “possible misuse of funds” that was used to justify it were part of a conspiracy to defame his character and remove him from office based on what he knew about Bentley’s relationship with Mason.

Read more: https://lagniappemobile.com/judge-lawsuit-robert-bentley-can-continue/

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Judge: Lawsuit against Robert Bentley can continue (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2017 OP
Good news trof Nov 2017 #1
A little bit stale as far as news goes, TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #2
I'm really ashamed to be an Alabamian. trof Nov 2017 #3

TexasTowelie

(116,556 posts)
2. A little bit stale as far as news goes,
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 06:13 PM
Nov 2017

but I didn't see any other mention about this story since Judge Moore has been stealing the headlines and the innocence of underage women.

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