Connecticut Court to Rule on Defamation Suit Against Ex-Bridgeport Mayoral Candidate

Former Bridgeport mayoral candidate John Gomes is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the City of Bridgeport Housing Authority for allegedly making defamatory comments regarding the housing authority’s practices during a contentious mayoral campaign. The City of Bridgeport Housing Authority, also known as Park City Communities (PCC), accuses Gomes in their October 2023 complaint of falsely telling news outlets that they conspired with incumbent mayor Joe Ganim to exclude Gomes and his campaign workers from its properties while permitting access to Ganim campaign workers. “The harm caused to the plaintiff’s reputation is exacerbated by the above described false implication that the plaintiff is an agency or department of the city of Bridgeport, and that the mayor used his supposed, but in fact non-existent, control over it to benefit his campaign at the expense of a competing campaign,” the complaint states....