Attorney sues Birmingham mayoral candidate, activist over arson, fraud, domestic violence claims

An attorney and real estate developer has sued state Rep. Juandalynn Givan, (D-Birmingham), and two other people alleging they defamed him with false accusations during a conflict on social media.

“They made multiple allegations against me, accused me of crimes of moral turpitude,” said Eric Guster, the attorney who filed the suit, on Facebook. “That plan of attack that they laid on me was with the same lies at the same time.”

But Givan, who is running for mayor of Birmingham, said the lawsuit is a way to influence Tuesday’s election, where she is running against incumbent Mayor Randall Woodfin and seven others…

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