The suit claims that in the wake of the reports, Kay “has been harassed, threatened, and experienced damage to her residential property” and has “suffered mentally and emotionally and experienced and continues to experience mental anguish and fear for her safety.”
Kay was unavailable for comment. An email to her Notre Dame account was returned with a message that the email address “has been changed” due to the controversy. A phone number associated with her university office was not working as of press time.
Joseph DeReuil, who wrote the October story named in the suit, told CNA that it was “unclear to me what [Kay] objects to in my presentation of the facts of her abortion advocacy.”
“The Rover’s reporting simply brought her already public advocacy to the attention of the pro-life parts of the Notre Dame community, adding minimal context through her own statements to the Rover,” DeReuil said.
“I am not at all worried about the result of the lawsuit,” he added. “I know that everything we published is true and written in good faith, so I firmly believe that the lawsuit can only be decided in favor of The Irish Rover.”
Kay, in a statement on her personal website, said that there is “significant and extensive documentary and witness evidence of the meetings, communications, and interactions pertaining to all that has transpired, and in time that will be clear.”
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