Kari Lake won't fight defamation lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer

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The motion means Lake won't defend allegedly false statements she made against Stephen Richer after she lost the governor's race in 2022.

Lake legal team's motion amounts to admission of liability for false statements, experts say. Lawyers ask court to set hearing on damages for Richer.PHOENIX — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake won't defend herself against allegations that she defamed Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer,

In a two-minute social media video, Lake claimed she was the target of forces that want to"stop me and bleed me dry." "She just said to a court of law, 'Yes, I did defame him,'" Richer, a lawyer who is running for a second term as county recorder, said in an interview Tuesday. That put the lawsuit on the path to a trial -- possibly at the height of the fall election season -- with both sides trading relevant documents and both Lake and Richer subject to sworn depositions. "She says millions of Arizonans put great trust into her," Richer said.

 

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