Truth Wins Out has filed a defamation lawsuit against Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) and its president, Greg Quinlan, after he claimed on a television show that Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen tried to have him killed, according to a press release.
The lawsuit was filed in Virginia’s Northumberland County, where PFOX is headquartered.
“We will not let PFOX’s outright lies and bizarre fabrications go unanswered,” said Besen. “Greg Quinlan’s false allegations were deviously designed to damage my reputation and that of Truth Wins Out. We look forward to vigorously challenging Quinlan’s delusional version of events and debunking them in a court of law.”
According to the release, on Oct. 7, 2011, Quinlan said on WDCW-TV’s News-Plus, “[Besen has] asked for people, you know, somebody needs to run Greg over. He needs to be hit with a bus. Somebody should inject him with AIDS. Those are the things that Wayne Besen and Truth Wins Out says about me. That’s pretty hateful rhetoric.”