LINCOLN- On Thursday, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition, a large Republican political action committee recently accused of defaming Sen. Megan Hunt, announced that it had filed a motion seeking to dismiss what it called a "frivolous lawsuit." The lawsuit was filed last month by the Nebraska Legal Action Fund on behalf of Hunt, and asserted that the Coalition had defamed Hunt by publicly accusing her of sexually grooming and abusing her own child.

In its seven-page motion to dismiss the lawsuit, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition said that Hunt was a public figure "and the context was one of legislative debate," adding that the senator's statements are "a matter of public concern which pertain to a political matter." In a press release published shortly after the dismissal was filed, the Coalition claimed that Hunt's lawsuit was "an attempt to intimidate conservatives who refuse to accept the misinformation of liberal progressives and Cultural Marxism."

The statement finished by reminding the public of the looming debate on LB575, which would define K-12 school bathrooms, sporting teams, and locker rooms as either male or female according to a student's sex assigned at birth. The comments from the Coalition that sparked Hunt's initial lawsuit came shortly after Hunt gave a personal testimony during legislative debate on a measure that would ban gender-affirming care for minors, saying that it would directly impact her family. Hunt claimed that, after the "groomer" comments were made, the PAC "leaned into its lies after a retraction demand, reiterated its lies, and then expressly stated that the coalition intended to accuse Hunt of a serious crime."

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