Patrick has denied any affiliation with the groupmedia publication The Daily Beast of defaming her for an article headline that stated she was "linked" to the conspiracy group QAnon.that Judge Paula Patrick had not shown The Daily Beast report in October 2021 was the product of "actual malice," a legal threshold needed to sustain an allegation that a news reporter knew information was false and published it anyway.
"Being a judge requires a thick skin and a willingness to make decisions in the face of criticism, even unfair criticism, and to remember that sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me," Wolson wrote in his order dismissing Patrick's lawsuit.Her lawyer James Beasley Jr said on Thursday he disputed the court's order and planned to appeal it.
The judge's lawsuit asserted that The Daily Beast headline describing her as "QAnon-linked" was a "knowingly false and outrageous assertion."that the article "takes pains to report that Judge Patrick disavowed any connection to QAnon."