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Civil Litigation

Dec. 7, 2018

Lobbyist’s attorney asks judge to dismiss former legislator’s defamation suit

Attorneys for a lobbyist sought to dismiss a defamation suit filed against her by a former state legislator at a hearing Thursday afternoon.

SACRAMENTO -- Attorneys for a lobbyist sought to dismiss a defamation suit filed against her by a former state legislator at a hearing Thursday afternoon.

Pamela Lopez went public with allegations against Assemblyman Matt Dababneh, D-Encino, in December 2017. She charged that he cornered her in a bathroom at a party in Las Vegas in 2015 and masturbated in front of her against her will. He resigned less than a month later.

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