EVEEVERET Vol. 30, No.40 -FREERETT AADD www.advocatenews.net A household word in Everett for 30 years! CTE OCAT AT Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 (Editor’s Note: The following is a statement from Attorney Joseph D. Lipchitz, counsel for Mayor Carlo DeMaria, regarding a defamation lawsuit against The Everett Leader Herald. The Mayor’s Complaint lists Everett Leader, LLC, Joshua Resnek, Matthew Philbin, Andrew Philbin, Sr. and Sergio Cornelio as defendants. A detailed summary of The Mayor’s Complaint will be published in next week’s Everett Advocate) M ayor Carlo DeMaria has fi led a defamation lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court seeking an award of damages against the Everett Leader Herald, its publishers and one of its employees, for the latest in what, as the lawsuit states, has amounted to a campaign of “malicious and outrageous publications of defamatory falsehoods” against the Mayor. The lawsuit also names an individual who is the supposed “source” for certain of the defamatory articles. The defendant newspaper, its publishers, and its E Friday, October 8, 2021 MAYOR FIGHTS BACKFiles defamation lawsuit against Everett Leader Herald By Th e Advocate reporter have month after month published falsehood after falsehood, fabrication after fabrication, about the Mayor, apparently betting that because the Mayor is a public fi gure, and putting up with utter falsehoods is sometimes thought to “go with the territory,” he would never hold them accountable. They made a bad bet. At some point enough is enough. The defendants’ arrogant campaign of falsehoods has done damage to the Mayor and to his family. If this sort of conduct is not held to account, everyone suff ers—not just the Mayor and his family, but the good people who work in municipal government and the people of Everett more generally. The Mayor looks forward to placing those responsible for this campaign of falsehoods under oath, and to asking a jury to hold them accountable for those falsehoods. All inquiries about the litigation should be directed to Joseph D. Lipchitz, Esquire, of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP. SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com Amata Cucuzza, daughter of Ersilia Cataldo-Matarazzo, addresses the attendees at the Third Annual Everett Kiwanis Club’s Walk for Ersilia at Glendale Park last Saturday. See photo highlights in next week’s Advocate. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) Hundreds participate in Walk For Ersilia
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