Six weeks after the government of Campbell County settled a fired librarian’s lawsuit against it, the private family she also sued in federal court is continuing to fight, a Friday filing in Wyoming’s federal court reveals.

Terri Lesley was fired from her job as Campbell County Public Library System executive director in July 2023.

In September 2023, she sued Hugh, Susan, and Kevin Bennett, who were among her loudest detractors over sexually-graphic and controversial books in kids’ sections in the library.

Wyoming U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson ruled in April that half of Lesley’s claims against the local family had enough legal merit to advance to the discovery phase of the lawsuit.

The attorneys took witness depositions this fall.

Meanwhile, Lesley sue

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