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Judge rules in favor of news organizations regarding Lawson statement

By Beth Musgrave

FRANKFORT — A Franklin Circuit Court judge says the media is entitled to a 1983 court statement made by road building magnate Leonard Lawson.

Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate ruled Monday that the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Courier-Journal and the Associated Press are entitled to a 1983 proffer made by Leonard Lawson during a civil investigation of his former company Mountain Enterprises.

The news media and Lawson have been in a legal argument over access to the statement that he gave to the Kentucky attorney general’s office after pleading guilty to anti-trust violations in 1983.