Former Beaumont ISD electrician seeks $22M in defamation lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed in federal court, former Beaumont ISD electrician Calvin Walker accuses 32 individuals and organizations, including the school district board of managers, media outlets, federal prosecutors and a local union, of conspiring to paint him "as a crooked business man out to defraud BISD."
Walker, 54, is seeking at least $22 million in damages. He claims defamation, including libel and slander, breach of contract and interference with existing and prospective contracts, civil rights violations, civil conspiracy, racketeering and conspiracy.
The suit, filed last Friday, asserts that several media organizations - the Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont Examiner, SETInvestigates.com and Watchdog.org - made defamatory statements and did not retract, correct or clarify the statements at Walker's request.
The media outlets are "members of the Conspiracy" that acted with "actual malice, knowledge, negligence and/or recklessness."
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