Warren: Recent legal actions in the suburbs filled with personal attacks
DeSoto County Schools board member Michele Henley has filed suit against DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton (pictured) for defamation. (The Daily Memphian file)
Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
There’s been quite a lot of legal action in the suburbs lately.
And a lot of it this week seems to involve name-calling, accusations and public shaming.
North Mississippi reporter Aarron Fleming told us about DeSoto County Schools board member Michele Henley suing DeSoto District Attorney Matthew Barton for defamation after allegedly calling her a “pedophile sympathizer” and saying she was not fit to serve on the Board of Education. According to Henley, those comments were made on social platforms and to news media.
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