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Lynchburg council adopts resolution acknowledging 2023 defamatory remarks; directs staff to review city-managed digital content
Summary
Lynchburg City Council on June 10 adopted a resolution acknowledging a court finding that defamatory statements were made during a Nov. 28, 2023 council meeting and directed staff to review city-managed digital postings for legally permissible redaction or annotations.
Lynchburg City Council adopted a resolution on June 10 acknowledging that defamatory statements were made against a private citizen during the Nov. 28, 2023 council meeting, directing staff to take legally permissible actions to protect the citizen's rights and dignity and asking staff to propose procedural changes to prevent similar incidents.
Vice Mayor Deemer introduced the resolution after noting that a Virginia circuit court had on June 6, 2025, entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff (identified in the resolution as Sean Hunter of the Peacemaker's…
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