Steve Wynn Files Libel Lawsuit In MassachusettsCasino Owner Fights 'Defamatory Political Abuse' |
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Billionaire Las Vegas casino owner Steve Wynn has filed a libel lawsuit in the state of Massachusetts over the political resistance he has received from the city of Boston in his fight to get his planned $1.7 billion casino in neighboring Everett to become a reality.
The individual Wynn is targeting in the lawsuit remains unidentified. Wynn Resorts says that it was defamed when Boston gave “sham subpoenas” from its lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to the media. Boston alleges that state regulators were unethical when picking Wynn for the sole casino in that part of the state.
The city recently filed a second lawsuit that aims to get Wynn’s environmental permit for the casino invalidated. Wynn and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh have been trading public barbs over the situation. Walsh and his administration deny giving the documents in question to the media.
“No individual or company who presents themselves honestly in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by any measure of fair play, should be subjected to the defamatory political abuse that we have experienced, and it is our intention to finally deal with it,” Wynn said in a statement, according to The Boston Globe.
“Although our commitment to Massachusetts is absolute and irrevocable, our tolerance for mean-spirited, libelous statements has exceeded any reasonable limit. Someone knowingly disseminated sham subpoenas containing falsehoods—outright lies—designed to interfere with our license granted by the Gaming Commission and defame our reputation. We intend to identify the malicious individuals who did this and call them to account.”
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