- Former Bardstown Bourbon Company executive’s defamation lawsuit against whistleblower dismissed by Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Julie Kaelin, marking a legal win for the defense in ongoing workplace misconduct dispute.
A defamation lawsuit filed by a former Bardstown Bourbon Company executive against a whistleblower has been dismissed, marking a legal win for the defense in an ongoing dispute tied to allegations of workplace misconduct at the Kentucky distiller.
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Julie Kaelin dismissed the case on June 12, according to court records reported on by the Lexington Herald-Leader. The lawsuit had been brought by former Bardstown Bourbon Co. Chief Commercial Officer Herb Heneman.
The court also ordered Heneman to pay court costs to former human resources vice president Sylvia Sanders, who had been named in related allegations…