A judge this week ruled that two lawsuits brought by former animal shelter workers against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals could proceed.
The lawsuit involves a undercover operation carried out in 1999 by then-PETA employee Bryan Monell. Monell took at job at an animal shelter run by the Portsmouth Humane Society in Portsmouth, Virginia, in order to secretly tape activities at the shelter.
PETA later turned the videotapes over to police and both Keith Jeter and Holly King were charged by prosecutors with animal cruelty. In separate trials, both were acquitted.
They in turn have filed lawsuits seeking $1.5 million apiece in compensatory damages from PETA.
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Judge allows two lawsuits against PETA to proceed. Amy Jeter, The Virginian-Pilot, May 9, 2002.