Local Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Against Stratos Center Developer Kevin O'Leary
The groups say O'Leary repeated unsupported allegations on Fox News and damaged their reputations, while the network said it will vigorously defend itself.
- Two Utah community groups filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary and Fox News, alleging they led a weekslong smear campaign falsely accusing them of being Chinese Communist Party agents without evidence.
- O'Leary's accusations began in May as he defended the Stratos Project, a massive 40,000-acre data center he developed near Great Salt Lake; the proposal generated intense public outcry that contributed to unseating Senate President Stuart Adams in the June Republican primary.
- On Fox Business, O'Leary called Elevate Strategies cofounders Gabi Finlayson and Jackie Morgan 'proxies for the Chinese Government' and claimed it was 'irrefutable fact,' saying he'd turned documentary evidence to federal law enforcement. Kanter said O'Leary 'used one of the biggest media platforms in the country to repeatedly spread those lies to millions of people.'
- After receiving a legal demand, O'Leary posted an Instagram clarification June 25 stating he had 'no evidence' supporting his claims; Fox News asserted it 'publicly corrected the record on every program' and will 'vigorously defend,' while attorney Jeffrey Neiman called the case a 'cash grab.'
- Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages for 'severe reputational damage and significant economic harm,' including lost clients, while Gov. Spencer Cox enacted stricter data center development rules and Alliance filed a separate June lawsuit with five state residents challenging the Stratos approval process.
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Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary was sued by two nonprofits that he falsely claimed were agents of the Chinese Communist Party for their opposition to his plans for […]
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