Landlord drops remaining defamation suit against Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant

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One defamation lawsuit dismissed, at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars, and another still in court.

Freedom of speech, as practiced by City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, is running up the attorney fees.

Landlord Carl Haglund, who took issue with Sawant’s referring to him as a “slumlord” and, to strengthen her point, as a “notorious slumlord,” on Friday dropped his remaining defamation claims against the city and Sawant.

Previously, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman had ruled against Haglund on four of his nine claims, siding with the city’s argument that they “fail as a matter of law.”

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