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A Pennsylvania gym owner filed a defamation lawsuit against a local man and a petition company that he claims unfairly maligned him by alleging he partook in the Capitol riot.
Jim Worthington, the owner of Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, filed the suit on April 16 in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas against Gregory Bullough, who created a petition to get community partners to end their relationships with him on MoveOn.com, which was also named in the suit, according to the
Worthington, a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump who defied the state’s coronavirus lockdown orders, organized three buses to transport 200 people to Trump’s Jan. 6 rally. He traveled separately to Washington, D.C., to attend the rally, and the complaint said he did not go to the Capitol or commit any criminal acts.