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, the powerful chair of the Conservative Political Action Conference, on Tuesday, saying the ordeal was the result of a “misunderstanding.”and his wife, Mercedes, in January 2023. Huffman alleged in the suit that Schlapp had “groped” and “fondled” his groin without consent after an event in Atlanta in late 2022 while the pair were trying to get the former football star elected to Congress.The suit demanded $9.4 million in damages for sexual battery and defamation.
“Going forward, our eyes are wide open, we understand the struggle better, and we learned we must stand our ground and fight," Matt Schlapp said in a statement on Tuesday.Schlapp re-asserted his innocence in a statement later Tuesday, saying his family had been “attacked by a left-wing media that is focused on the destruction of conservatives regardless of the truth and the facts.”
A separate defamation lawsuit filed against Republican activist Caroline Wren after Huffman went forward with his allegations was also ended this week.At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.
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