Court rules on exemptions in drag defamation case
Blogger Summer Bushnell testified in the defamation lawsuit brought by Post Falls resident Eric Posey.
KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press file
COEUR d’ALENE — The Post Falls drag performer who won a defamation lawsuit against a local blogger may soon begin collecting the $1.1 million judgment.
In May, a Kootenai County jury unanimously found that Summer Bushnell defamed Eric Posey when she falsely accused him of exposing himself during Pride in the Park 2022. Jurors awarded Posey $926,000 in compensatory damages for defamation, as well as $250,000 in additional punitive damages.
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