September 18, 2014      6:18 PM
Sen. Deuell and Texas Right to Life are set for courtroom showdown over "defamatory" advertisements
TRTL says Deuell infringed on their freedom of speech; Deuell argues radio ads were false, which is why stations took them off the air
Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, has fired back at Texas Right to Life after
they slapped him with a lawsuit over advertisements that the anti-abortion
group ran against one of the most pro-life legislators in Texas during his GOP
primary this year.
Whether the ads were false
or not, they contributed to a winning campaign for Deuell’s challenger Bob Hall, who narrowly defeated the incumbent in one
of the most bitter races of the year.
The group claims that
Deuell infringed on their First Amendment rights by demanding
that false ads be taken down. Deuell’s attorneys have answered by asking that a
judge in Houston dismiss the lawsuit as frivolous based on the state’s anti-SLAPP law.
By Scott Braddock
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