Attorneys for Austin tech firm 21CT, at the center of a no-bid state contract scandal, will depose the company’s former lobbyist about comments he made to the American-Statesman, which fueled concerns that 21CT had been inappropriately awarded a multimillion dollar-Medicaid anti-fraud deal.
James Frinzi, who was fired by 21CT in December, is set to be deposed in coming weeks by the company’s attorneys, who in a Tuesday hearing avoided a dismissal of their case. Frinzi’s attorneys argued that lawsuit is an attempt to silence a newspaper whistle blower with the specter of expensive litigation.
In the lawsuit, 21CT accuses Frinzi of making false statements to the Statesman which resulted in as much as $90 million in damages, as well as breaking his contractual and fiduciary duties as the company’s lobbyist.
via Fired 21CT lobbyist to be deposed over comments he made to Statesman | www.statesman.com.