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Home » Briefs In Herbster-Slama Lawsuits Argue Over Statements, Muzzling Lawyer

Briefs In Herbster-Slama Lawsuits Argue Over Statements, Muzzling Lawyer

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 07/08/2022 - 2:00am

(Courtesy photos of from left: Sen. Julie Slama and right: Charles Herbster)
By 
Aaron Sanderford
Nebraska Examiner

OMAHA — Attorneys for Nebraska agribusinessman Charles Herbster filed a brief Fridayarguing why he should be able to add to his original defamation lawsuit against State Sen. Julie Slama.

They argued that other statements by Slama and her lawyer should be included because they defamed Herbster. They want a judge to keep Slama’s lawyer from discussing the case publicly.

“The case should be tried in the courtroom, not via dueling press statements or interviews with media members,” Herbster’s lawyers Theodore Boecker Jr. and David Warrington wrote.

Attorneys for Slama, who counter-sued Herbster for sexual battery and defamation, argued in a new filing Friday that Herbster’s proposed changes to his lawsuit argue nothing new.

Slama’s team also wrote that court rules governing pre-trial publicity left them no choice but to speak because Herbster and his supporters publicly attacked her credibility and allegation.

Slama’s lawyers highlighted eight “statements deployed by Charles Herbster, his agents, or other third parties,” including a statewide political ad that attacked Slama and her allegation.

“Given the broader context, the statements made by Senator Slama’s counsel are protected by the trial publicity rule,” Slama’s lawyers Marnie Jensen and Dave Lopez argued.

Slama, of Dunbar, is one of eight women who alleged in an April 14 Nebraska Examiner article that Herbster groped them. Her lawsuit alleges Herbster touched her up her skirt during a fundraising dinner.

Slama’s attorneys have sought to get moving on her lawsuit and depose Herbster and campaign surrogates, including consultants who worked for former President Donald Trump.

Herbster, of Falls City, has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyers have spent much of late spring and early summer seeking to narrow depositions sought by Slama’s team for her counter-lawsuit.

His attorneys have not discussed their aims. Herbster has said the groping allegations were part of a political conspiracy by his enemies, led by Gov. Pete Ricketts, which Ricketts denies.

Herbster lost the Republican nomination for governor to University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen, who had Ricketts’ backing. Herbster was endorsed by Trump.

Johnson County District Judge Rick Schreiner sought the briefs after a contentious day in court in mid-June. He has given the lawyers until mid-July to respond to one another’s filings.

He asked them to try again to negotiate the depositions and come back to court only if he needs to referee a dispute they cannot resolve on their own. They’re expected back in court Aug. 15.

This story was originally published by Nebraska Examiner, an editorially independent newsroom providing a hard-hitting, daily flow of news. It is part of the national nonprofit States Newsroom. Find more at nebraskaexaminer.com.

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