Eastern Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot is suing Mother Jones magazine because he contends he was defamed by an article that depicted him as a “gay-basher.”
VanderSloot, the CEO of direct marketing company Melaleuca, filed the lawsuit in Idaho Falls’ 7th District court on Tuesday. He says a February 2012 article about him and two tweets promoting it prompted national criticism.
The magazine’s co-editor-in-chief Monika Bauerlein says Mother Jones stands by its reporting and she hasn’t yet received official notification of the lawsuit.
VanderSloot is asking for nearly $75,000 in damages. The lawsuit focuses on the article titled, “Pyramid-Like Company Ponies Up $1 million for Mitt Romney.” The term “gay-bashing” never appears in the story, but VanderSloot points to a tweet promoting the article that described him as Romney’s “gay-bashing buddy.”
Topics Lawsuits
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
USAA to Lay Off 220 Employees 
Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022 
Wildfires Are Upending Some of the Safest Bets on Wall Street 
AIG General Insurance Chairman McElroy to Retire May 1 
