"High-Stakes Defamation Claim Rocks Former Missouri Governor's Office: A bombshell ruling has been handed down in a long-standing defamation lawsuit involving Michelle Ritter, the former Governor of Missouri. According to an arbitrator's decision, Ritter's claim that she was raped by a prominent businessman, Rex Schmidt, has been deemed false. The arbitrator's scathing assessment of Ritter's allegations has sparked widespread attention and raised questions about the motivations behind her initial statements. As the details of this high-stakes case continue to unravel, one thing is clear: the reputation of a prominent public figure hangs in the balance."
"I find that Ritter’s statement that she was raped by Schmidt to be false," the arbitrator wrote in the case — adding that Michelle Ritter engaged "in defamation ... "
