Attorneys for Amr Zedan’s racing stable filed a scathing response to a request made by Churchill Downs Inc. for expedited relief from Zedan’s suit seeking to overturn a ban of Bob Baffert racing at its tracks.
Zedan’s filing was made April 11 in response to CDI’s motion three days earlier accusing Zedan of violating Kentucky’s anti-SLAPP statute.
“CDI’s invocation of (the statute) is not only meritless, but perverse,” the response says. “The statutory purpose (of the statute) is two-fold: protecting individuals’ rights to petition and speak freely on issues of public interest while, at the same time, protecting the rights of people and entities to file meritorious lawsuits for real injuries. Yet CDI’s motion is antithetical to both purposes. … Zedan has filed this lawsuit not to challenge speech but simply to challenge CDI’s conduct in banning Baffert-trained horses from its races and tracks.”
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