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PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges that friends of his estranged wife organized an online fundraiser seeking domestic violence assistance in arguing that he was abusing his wife and children, when he counters those claims were meritless.
John Bout first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on March 8 versus Jennifer Lybarger and Roger Lybarger. All parties are of Pittsburgh.
“On Jan. 6, 2021, plaintiff John Bout was notified by his sister, Shnesha Bout, and his aunt Carol Celani, via telephone call, regarding a ‘GoFundMe’ web page which had been created by defendant, Jennifer Lybarger, as ‘organizer’, to attempt to fundraise on behalf of Mr. Bout’s estranged wife and children,” the suit stated.
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The director of Lawrence County Children & Youth Services filed a defamation lawsuit Monday over a GoFundMe page that accuses him of abusing his family.
John Bout, who was named director of the agency in 2019, filed the complaint in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Jennifer Lybarger, an adjunct teacher at Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts magnet school, and her husband, Roger Lybarger.
It accuses the couple of making false accusations against him and then sending them to his bosses the Lawrence County commissioners in an attempt to get him fired.