Less than 24 hours after Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price held a news conference and lectured reporters about the importance of the First Amendment, Price was hit with a lawsuit accusing her office of violating the First Amendment.
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The lawsuit, released publicly on Wednesday, was filed on behalf of former KTVU reporter Patricia “Patti” Lee. Lee worked as a Public Information Officer for the District Attorney’s Office in 2023 until she was abruptly fired.
The lawsuit claims Lee discovered that the DA’s office was “hiding, deleting, and/or altering records” requested by journalists through the California Public Records Act. Days after Lee raised concerns, she was unceremoniously fired as PIO in December, attorneys said.
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