LIVINGSTON - A Livingston librarian whose defamation case was initially dismissed by courts had that decision reversed and has enough of a case to continue a suit, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

The First Circuit Court of Appeal previously ended Amanda Jones' lawsuit against the Citizens for a New Louisiana and its leaders last January, after a lower court had ruled against her in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, the Louisiana Supreme Court allowed the defamation lawsuit to proceed, but the First Circuit said it was too late for her to re-file.

Jones had spoken out against banning books at a 2022 library board meeting.

She later sued Lunsford and others, saying they had defamed her with claims she was promoting pornography among children. Lunsford told the New York Times

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