Seminole County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a settlement to have the Supervisor of Elections Office pay its former general counsel $150,000 to drop it from a slander lawsuit.

Commissioners agreed without comment as part of their meeting’s consent agenda. They had to approve the agreement with Winter Springs attorney Phil Kaprow because the elections office was a defendant and the county oversees its budget.

Kaprow said before the meeting he “wouldn’t be comfortable” commenting on the settlement due to “ongoing litigation.” He referred questions to the Solomon Law Group in Tampa.

He sued former Supervisor of Elections Chris Anderson and his wife for defamation in July after the couple posted a 55-minute video on social media in September 2023 that attacked his job performa

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