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A lawsuit against Druh Farrell is now demanding the Ward 7 councillor pay her own legal bills and be prohibited from running in the looming municipal election “until her debt to the City of Calgary is fully repaid.”

In response to a recently filed “reply to defence” from the former owners of an Italian restaurant who are suing the councillor — and several others — Farrell once again emphasized she believes the lawsuit is designed to harm her reputation.

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She called it “politically motivated and an abuse of the court,” as evidenced by the fact the latest information was sent to media outlets before it reached Farrell.

“It is a flagrant attempt to influence the election and to prevent me from representing my constituents. The use of the court to silence democratic representation is deeply troubling,” Farrell said in a statement released Thursday.

A statement of claim filed in May by a numbered company, linked to the Terrigno family that owned the Osteria de Medici restaurant in Kensington, accuses the inner-city councillor of “systematically” flouting her public duties, defamation and interference with a land-use application in Kensington.