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Sep. 12, 2025

Anti-SLAPP dismissal sought for recorder of LA council members' racist comments

Attorneys for an AFL-CIO ex-bookkeeper urged dismissal of a lawsuit over his secret recording of Los Angeles City Council members making racist comments, arguing anti-SLAPP protections apply.

Attorneys for the AFL-CIO's former bookkeeper tried to persuade a judge on Thursday to toss former Los Angeles City Council member Gilbert Cedillo's lawsuit over a surreptitious recording at the federation's headquarters in which elected officials are heard making racist comments while discussing politics in October 2021.

The leak one year later led to calls for resignations. Council President Nury Martinez resigned shortly after the recording was posted anonymously on...

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