An Arlington County Board candidate is suing The Washington Post over the publication’s reporting on her age. The lawsuit by independent candidate Audrey Clement, which alleges age discrimination and defamation, concerns a candidate questionnaire that the Post ran in October 2021. Clement reported on the questionnaire that she was 52 years old — but a review of government records indicated she was actually 72, according to the Post. According to the Post, the candidate refused to confirm her age in response to follow-up questions, but said she had “achieved the age of 52.”“I believe that The Washington Post doesn’t have any right to require that information of me or any other political candidate,” Clement told the newspaper. “Because the claims are incurably defective, the Court should dismiss the Complaint with prejudice,” the Post wrote in a court filing.

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2024 21:08 UTC