Jacksonville attorney says online predator hunters mission will continue, despite lawsuit
Teri Maddox Tribune News Service
Dec. 14, 2020
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A Jacksonville attorney says a “predator-hunting” group will continue its work while fighting a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a Red Bud man.
A Randolph County judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which contends a “predator-hunting” group and its leader wrongly defamed him on Facebook by accusing him of “grooming” a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Ben Grohmann, attorney for plaintiff Adrian Collins, had filed a motion for voluntary dismissal on Dec. 3, but that motion was withdrawn at a hearing Thursday before Associate Judge Gene Gross.