A Florida circuit court has tossed out a lawsuit filed by an unsuccessful GOP state Senate candidate who alleged he was defamed by a Republican political committee that tried to tie his campaign donations to China.

Judge Dan Mosley of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court in Lake County granted the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee’s motion for summary judgment on April 17 in the lawsuit filed last year by candidate Bowen Kou. The committee and its chairman, state Senate President Ben Albritton (R-Wauchula), were defendants in the case.

Kou was a candidate for state Senate District 13 during last year’s primary elections. After losing the primary to Keith Truenow, who garnered about two-thirds of the primary vote, Kou sued both the committee and Albritton, alleging that a mailer linking him to donors with ties to China contained false information, harmed his reputation and his grocery business, and was published with malice.

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