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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Tribune says it’ll fight a defamation lawsuit filed against it and others by Drew Peterson’s former lead attorney.
The lawsuit filed this week by Joel Brodsky stems from a public feud between him and an attorney still on the suburban Chicago police officer’s legal team.
The two have argued for months about blame for Peterson’s conviction for killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Brodsky’s lawsuit names the attorney, as well as the Tribune and AOL’s Patch news website. Brodsky accuses them of disseminating his bitter rival’s allegedly falsehoods without adequate fact checking.
In a Thursday statement, Tribune Editor Gerould Kern says the newspaper stands by its reporting. He adds the newspaper, in his words, intends “to defend this suit vigorously.”
Patch says it doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
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In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Joel Brodsky, left, and Steven Greenberg, attorneys for former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, confer outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., during the jury deliberations in Peterson's murder trial. Brodksy, the one-time lead attorney for Peterson, has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, claiming that Greenberg, who is still on Peterson's legal team defamed him. The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court says Greenberg circulated a letter accusing Brodsky of "single-handedly" losing Peterson's trial. AP Photo
Tribune: Will fight ex-Peterson lawyer’s lawsuit
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