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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Louisiana news anchor falsely accused of preying on minor girl sues competitor

A photo of dating site profiles depicting a man on a boat in a white shirt and blurred out image of someone he was duped into believing was a 19-year-old woman
Dating profiles of Bill Lunn, left, and someone he was duped into believing was a 19-year-old woman, according to the cases’s court records. Photograph: Louisiana state court records

A Louisiana news anchor who resigned shortly before a competitor reported that he had been busted for compromising texts by “vigilantes targeting men seeking to prey on underage girls” is pursuing a defamation lawsuit after police determined he had actually arranged to meet someone he believed was a young adult woman – then was violently robbed.

Bill Lunn’s lawsuit asserts that he and his employers at Shreveport’s KTBS news station were in direct competition with their counterparts at KTAL when the latter outlet published a June 2024 report that unduly “ended his career in broadcast journalism” and provided “a rare example of actionable … character assassination”.

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