Court dismisses Nebraska Sen. Hunt’s defamation lawsuit against conservative group

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — The lawsuit filed by Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt against the Nebraska Freedom Coalition was dismissed in district court on Wednesday. The Omaha lawmaker had alleged in a lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court in June that the organization and three of its officers — Patrick Peterson, Robert Anthony, and Malia Shirley — had defamed her when they repeatedly called her a child “groomer” in social media posts and falsely accused her of sexually abusing her child. She was seeking an unspecified amount in damages...