Civil Litigation
Aug. 16, 2024
Judge keeps LA councilmember's lawsuit over racist tape scandal alive
The conduct leading to the recording's creation, and its later dissemination, was illegal and therefore constituted unprivileged conduct, according to Judge Stephen P. Pfahler.
A Los Angeles judge tentatively denied motions to strike Kevin de Leon's complaint against two former AFL-CIO employees accused of secretly recording him and other Los Angeles City Council member making racist remarks at the federation's headquarters. The public outcry arising from the recording's release a year later led to the resignation of former Councilmember Nury Martinez.
"The court finds the underlying conduct leading to the creation of recording, and the...
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