{"id":593072,"date":"2026-04-09T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593072\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:00:09","slug":"no-reputational-harm-over-his-false-claim-vancouver-mayors-legal-reply-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593072\/","title":{"rendered":"No reputational harm over his false claim, Vancouver mayor\u2019s legal reply says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775761209_639_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim pauses while speaking during an announcement about a fan zone during the FIFA World Cup, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 9, 2026 | 11:46 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has responded to a defamation lawsuit by a city councillor, saying his false claims that Sean Orr distributed illegal drugs did not result in reputational damage. <\/p>\n<p>Sim says in a response filed to the B.C. Supreme Court dated April 7 that he did not act \u201cdeliberately, maliciously or in bad faith\u201d when he told Chinese-language reporters in February that Orr was handing out drugs on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>The response also says that given Orr\u2019s \u201cwords, actions and statements regarding the use and supply of drugs\u201d that Sim\u2019s comments \u201cwould not lower (Orr\u2019s) reputation in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sim also denies in the reply that he repeatedly targeted Orr with \u201cother untrue allegations\u201d as claimed in the lawsuit, adding that \u201cany such alleged statements made in Vancouver council meetings, or otherwise publicly, constitute fair political statement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim pauses while speaking during an announcement about a fan zone during the FIFA World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-593072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}