*A Minnesota woman has filed a lawsuit against Don Lemon and other protesters, alleging that a demonstration during a church service caused her significant emotional harm. The incident took place January 18 at The Cities Church, where the plaintiff, Ann Doucette, claims her ability to worship freely was disrupted.
According to TMZ, Doucette’s court filing states that Lemon and others “unlawfully interfered” with her right to “freely exercise her religion in a private place of worship.” She is seeking an unspecified amount in damages for what she describes as “severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety, and trauma.”
The filing also indicate that one protester acknowledged helping Lemon with “logistics and local contacts in support of the operation.”
The protest occurred following the death of Renee Good and was aimed at the church’s pastor, David Easterwood, who serves as a Minneapolis ICE official. According to the lawsuit, Lemon “appeared to take satisfaction in the disruption” while livestreaming the chaotic event.
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Lemon has maintained that he was acting as a journalist, documenting the demonstration while exercising his First Amendment rights. Doucette’s legal case follows the federal charges filed after the protest. Lemon was arrested on January 29 and charged with one count of conspiracy against the right of religious freedom at a place of worship and one count of injuring, intimidating, and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges.
A Los Angeles judge allowed Lemon to be released without posting bail following a January 30 hearing.
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