A supreme court judge has awarded more than $394,000 to a former county employee who was defamed by a Republican candidate running for county executive in 2019.
Woman wins defamation suit against former Oneida County executive candidate
Caitlin McCann, an employee of MVHS, has won her defamation lawsuit against former Oneida County Executive Candidate, Dave Gordon.
Posted: Feb 11, 2021 1:17 PM
Updated: Feb 11, 2021 5:41 PM
Posted By: Joleen Ferris
Caitlin McCann, an employee of MVHS, has won her defamation lawsuit against former Oneida County Executive candidate, Dave Gordon.
Gordon lost a Republican primary to current county executive, Anthony Picente, in June, 2019. Around that time, Gordon publicly claimed that McCann had an affair with Picente, that the two had a child, and that McCann benefitted financially from the affair with the married county executive.