Ex-Adams Spokesman Files Appeal Document, Cites "Lies" As Reason He Was Forced Out

By NIGEL JAQUISS
Wade Nkrumah

Wade Nkrumah, a one-time spokesman for Mayor Sam Adams, filed his final replay brief with  the Oregon Court of Appeals on Jan. 25. Nkrumah is seeking to overturn a Multnomah County Court judge's decision to throw out Nkrumah's 2009 wrongful discharge lawsuit against the city. 

In that lawsuit, Nkrumah, a former Oregonian reporter, claimed he was  forced to lie to the public about Adams' relationship with a young man named Beau Breedlove and about other matters. Nkrumrah said the requirement that he lie amounted to forcing him out of his job. He asked for nearly $600,000 in damages. Judge Thomas Crist dismissed Nkumrah's lawsuit Sept. 16, 2010.

brief (PDF)

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