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For Immediate Release |
| Dec 3, 2003 |
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GENNIFER FLOWERS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT PROCEEDS AGAINST CARVILLE, STEPHANOPOULOS
RULING DROPPING HILLARY CLINTON FROM SUIT
MAY BE APPEALED
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, reported that a federal court judge yesterday rejected requests by George Stephanopoulos and James Carville to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against them by Gennifer Flowers. The judge, The Honorable Philip M. Pro, also ruled that Hillary Clinton could be dismissed from the lawsuit because the suit was not brought, according to the judge, within Nevada's statute of limitations. Judge Pro had dismissed Hillary Clinton from the lawsuit once before, but his decision was overturned on appeal. Judicial Watch expects to appeal this portion of Judge Pro's decision, but will proceed with the case against Stephanopoulos and Carville, who have already been deposed in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that Hillary Clinton, along with co-defendants James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, embarked on a smear campaign to destroy Ms. Flowers' reputation. This campaign included the publication of falsehoods about Ms. Flowers in Stephanopoulos's recent book, All Too Human. Ms. Flowers alleges that Clinton and the other defendants conspired to smear her with false accusations that Ms. Flowers "doctored" tape recordings of her telephone conversations with Bill Clinton and that she lied about her affair with him. Without ruling on Ms. Clinton's alleged role in the conspiracy, Judge Pro held that the statute of limitations had run out on the conspiracy claim against her. The case is expected to go to trial in June, with James Carville, George Stephanopoulos and Little, Brown and Company (the publisher of All Too Human) as defendants.
"We are disappointed that Judge Pro gave Hillary Clinton a pass on conspiring to destroy our client Gennifer Flowers. We are hopeful that an appeals court will once again overturn this unjust decision. In the meantime, Ms. Flowers looks forward to getting her day in court against Hillary's co-conspirators in the smear campaign against her - George Stephanopoulos and James Carville," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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