Falwell drops defamation case against Liberty University

Source: The Hill | December 11, 2020 | Celine Castronuovo

Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has dropped his defamation lawsuit against the school that alleged damages to his reputation.

The decision comes after the former president was pressured to resign following a series of scandals. 

The News & Advance first reported the news Thursday, writing that lawyers for Falwell first notified Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday that their client did not wish to move forward with the legal action, with Judge James Watson granting the motion to dismiss the suit. 

According to The Associated Press, there was no indication given of why Falwell decided to withdraw his lawsuit filed in late October, which claimed that Liberty officials too quickly accepted allegations from former family friend and business partner Giancarlo Granda that Granda had an affair with Falwell’s wife between 2012 and 2018, and that Falwell had knowledge of the sexual affair and allegedly watched his wife have sex with Granda. 

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