The Kootenai County District Court jury unanimously found that Summer Bushnell defamed Post Falls resident Eric Posey.of defaming him when she falsely claimed that he exposed himself to a crowd, including children, during a Pride event in June 2022.
Posey, who uses the stage name Mona Liza Million, performed three times at the Pride in the Park celebration wearing a long-sleeve leotard, black shorts and tights, with a shiny metallic boa around his waist. He did not remove clothing. The next day Bushnell published the edited version of the video, which she obtained from a local videographer. It garnered many thousands of views, sparking national news coverage and a police investigation. She suggested he had committed a felony and urged people to call police and have him arrested.Her attorney, Colton Boyles, told jurors that his client’s allegations were “close to the line” but not defamatory.