Nebraska State Sen. Julie Slama countersues candidate Herbster

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – State Sen. Julie Slama of Sterling has filed a countersuit in opposition to Charles Herbster, a Republican candidate for Nebraska governor who filed a lawsuit Friday in opposition to her.

Slama’s countersuit claims damages “for the sexual battery she suffered,” in line with a information launch from Slama’s legal professional, Dave Lopez. Final week, the Nebraska Examiner reported allegations that Herbster had grabbed eight girls, together with Slama, inappropriately in years previous.

In a Monday information launch, Lopez reiterated that Herbster can be “topic to the complete scope of civil discovery if he proceeds with any authorized assault… With our court docket filings at the moment, we make good on that promise.”

Herbster is slated for deposition on Friday, Could 6, on the Johnson County Courthouse, the discharge states.

Calling Herbster’s lawsuit “a frivolous and bad-faith try to bully a sexual assault sufferer” that’s “faulty in key respects,” most notably that the lawsuit wasn’t really served.

“We is not going to allow Charles Herbster to file a frivolous, unhealthy religion lawsuit that purports to solid doubt on Senator Slama’s account of her sexual assault, use his nationwide media megaphone to herald the existence of that lawsuit for his personal acquire, however then take no steps to truly serve it and topic himself to the authorized accountability such service would set off,” Lopez stated within the launch.

Herbster filed a defamation lawsuit in Johnson County, Slama’s county of residence, on Friday.

“As set forth in my lawsuit, the false accusations and assaults on my character are a part of a better scheme calculated to try to defeat my candidacy,” Herbster stated in Friday’s launch. “I can’t cease combating till the reality is informed and my identify is cleared.”

Whereas no greenback quantity is outlined within the court docket submitting, the lawsuit states that Herbster has “suffered damages in an quantity to be confirmed at trial.”

Nebraska’s major election is Tuesday, Could 10.

Amongst different issues, Herbster’s lawsuit takes purpose at her radio look on KFAB hours after the Nebraska Examiner broke the story on the accusations.

Learn the countersuit

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