She was cleared of theft charges but, by then, she had fallen from grace.
“My whole goal was to try and get something back of myself,” White told News 4 of why she filed the lawsuit against Windmill Station owner Eddie Donaldson.
White, an engaged community member and public servant, was arrested amid disgrace, and her booking photo repeatedly regurgitated in newspapers and on television news broadcasts. But perhaps most stinging was her dismissal from the new job she had gotten after leaving Donaldson on not-so-good terms.Following years of delays, White finally stood trial in 2021′s summer, and after hearing days of testimony, jurors found her not guilty on all charges.So, she filed a long shot civil lawsuit, alleging he knowingly assassinated her character.But, on Tuesday, a jury—not the one that cleared her---awarded Gayla White $500,000.
Like White, he admits confidence of victory wasn’t high and credits the jury who McGowan said listened intently to testimony and understood the case law before deliberating for about an hour.
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