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Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has settled a defamation lawsuit against Actualidad Media Group over false on-air claims that he was under a county ethics probe.
The mediated settlement did not include a disclosed monetary sum. Sources familiar with the case said Actualidad agreed to pay “six figures.”
The dispute stemmed from a February 2023 radio segment in which host Robert Rodriguez Tejera and Coral Gables Commissioner Ariel Fernandez, a frequent Lago foe, said Lago was being investigated for violations tied to a proposed annexation.
The Ethics Commission was actually conducting a preliminary review, which it closed, finding no wrongdoing.
– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics