Kevin O'Leary sued again over claims Stratos opponents in Utah worked for China
Taylor Knuth, a former director of Alliance for a Better Utah, sued Kevin O’Leary and Fox News Network LLC for defamation over claims that opponents of O’Leary’s Stratos data center project in Box Elder County were working for the Chinese government. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and is the second legal action tied to O’Leary’s comments about the project’s opponents.
Taylor Knuth, a former director of Alliance for a Better Utah, filed a defamation lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Utah against entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary and Fox News Network LLC. Knuth alleges O’Leary repeatedly accused him and other opponents of O’Leary’s proposed Stratos data center in Box Elder County of acting as proxies for the Chinese government, damaging his reputation and career prospects.
The lawsuit follows a separate case filed by Joshua Kanter, Alliance for a Better Utah, political consultant Gabrielle Finlayson and Elevate Strategies over similar comments. O’Leary and Fox News have denied wrongdoing, while Fox said it corrected the record after O’Leary retracted his claims; the defendants had not yet responded to Knuth’s complaint when the article was published.