Auditor-elect, former deputy auditor face slander lawsuit
An Horry County Government worker filed a slander lawsuit Wednesday against former deputy auditor Judy Clardy and auditor-elect Beth Calhoun, the two women who told a sheriffâs office investigator that they suspected the county employee had stolen items from Clardyâs office, according to court records. Sandra Beckwith, a project coordinator in the treasurerâs office, asserts in the lawsuit that both Clardy and Calhoun damaged her reputation and caused her emotional pain. The sheriffâs office investigation turned up no evidence that Beckwith committed a crime. âThe Def...
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