Publisher to Fight $8 Million Lawsuit Against Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown

Published February 23, 2019 at 4:40 am

Preperations are currently underway to fight a lawsuit filed against Brampton mayor Patrick Brown and Optimum Publishing International.

Preperations are currently underway to fight a lawsuit filed against Brampton mayor Patrick Brown and Optimum Publishing International.

The lawsuit is in relation to Brown’s book, Takedown: The Attempted Political Assassination of Patrick Brown, published in November 2018.

In the book, Brown recounts his experience with sexual misconduct allegations and alleges that similar complaints have been made against Ontario’s Finance Minister, Vic Fedeli.

Following the book’s publication, Fedeli has accused Brown of libel and later filed an $8 million lawsuit against the Brampton mayor.

The book’s publisher, Optimum Publishing International, has every intention of fighting the lawsuit and has served a Notice of Intent to Defend.

“We intend to defend the publication of Takedown fully and vigorously in court,” the publisher said in a statement. “In the days ahead, we will be filing a Statement of Defence that responds to the allegations made by Mr. Fedeli in greater detail.”

The Statement of Defence is planned to be filed on Monday, March 4.

“Optimum Publishing will not be intimidated by multi-million dollar defamation suits, and will continue to give authors a platform to take on powerful institutions, governments, corporations and individuals, in order to tell stories that are in the public interest.”

More information to come as this story develops.

Cover photo via Optimum Publishing International on Twitter

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