Falwell's challenges against Liberty lawsuit fall short

A lawsuit Liberty University has filed against former President Jerry Falwell Jr. has survived its first round of legal challenges.

The university first filed the lawsuit in April in Lynchburg Circuit Court, demanding at least $10 million and alleging Falwell breached fiduciary duties to the school and entered into a business conspiracy against it.

Attorneys representing Falwell then filed court motions in early June seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, which they argued Friday before Lynchburg Circuit Judge Fred Watson.

The case centers on an affair between Falwell’s wife, Becki, and a young man named Giancarlo Granda, which Falwell has discussed in news articles and in a now-inactive lawsuit he filed against LU last year. Falwell has alleged Granda extorted the family, which Granda has denied.

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