PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is suing failed gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, saying she “spread intentional or reckless falsehoods” about his role in the 2022 election that harmed him and his family and resulted in threats of violence and death for family members.
And in some cases, he said, she was doing it for financial gain.
In legal papers filed Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court, Daniel Maynard, Richer’s attorney said Lake, like all Americans has a right to express views that others find distasteful or offensive as well as to criticize the government. But he told Judge Jay Adelman that what Lake has said and done — accusing him of sabotaging the 2022 general election after she lost by more than 17,000 votes — crosses the line of what is legal.
