Attorney files tort claim over comments
SANDPOINT — Bonner County attorney Scott Bauer has filed a tort claim last week against Mike Rosedale, claiming that statements the Bonner County clerk made in an email allegedly damaged his professional reputation.
Bauer filed the claim --- which is the precursor to a lawsuit against a governmental agency or individual --- late last week after he alleged Rosedale acted “with actual malice, knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of truth” and defamed the attorney. In the 13-page tort, Bauer requested damages in the amount of $500,000 for Rosedale’s conduct.
In the document, Bauer claimed there was a coordinated effort between Rosedale and Bonner County commissioners Luke Omodt and Steve Bradshaw to defame him, forcing him to file the claim.
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