Roy Moore is seeking more than $40 million in a lawsuit he filed Monday against a Washington magazine, three of its writers, its editors and owners over a series of what he describes as “fake news” attacks stemming from accusations he faced while a U.S. Senate candidate in 2017.

Moore, who is again running for the Senate, filed the lawsuit in federal court against the Washington Examiner publishing company and ownership and five employees.

It's the sixth lawsuit Moore has filed relating to the allegations that he made unwanted sexual and romantic advances to teen girls when he was in his 30s.

Moore has repeatedly denied all allegations.

In the latest lawsuit, Moore said writers for the Examiner acted with malice in writing stories about him and disregarded a demand for a retraction following the first story. The lawsuit includes two counts of defamation and one count of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The lawsuit seeks $10 million for damages to Moore's reputation and emotional distress and more than $30 million in punitive damages. Melissa Isaak, who is representing Moore in other lawsuits, filed the suit.

“Like the people of Alabama, I am sick and tired of ‘fake news’ by media organizations which pretend to print the truth but in reality, are politically and philosophically motivated to distort the true facts for their own ends," Moore said in a statement Monday. "Unlike some who choose to suffer in silence, I have decided to fight back!”

The writers named in the lawsuit are Tiana Lowe, Jerry Dunleavy and Brad Polumbo. Acting executive editor-in-chief Phillip Klein and commentary editor Timothy Carney are also named as defendants along with Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, Clarity Media Group, subsidiary Media D.C. and Clarity owner Philip Anschutz.

According to the lawsuit, Moore's issue with the Examiner began with an article written by Lowe that published on May 28, 2019. The lawsuit said that in the article, Lowe wrote, "“Roy Moore, famous for being banned from a mall because he sexually preyed on underage girls and losing a Senate race in an R+14 state, apparently wants another round at the rodeo.” In that article she referred to the Plaintiff as an “accused sexual assailant and pedophile" as well as “a comic book villain” and a “skunk.”

Less than a week later, the lawsuit said, Moore "gave notice" that Lowe's article "was highly defamatory and filled with 'factual inaccuracies' and 'outright falsehoods' to include accusations of attempted 'rape,' 'picking up teen girls,' a 'mall ban,' and that a 'handful of other women independently alleged having intimate relationships with Moore in their teens.'

Subsequent articles in the Examiner written by Lowe, Dunleavy and Polumbo made similar accusations against Moore for which he said there was no foundation.

“(Moore) has been materially detrimented by defendants’ actions,” the lawsuit said. “He has suffered losses of speaking engagements resulting in a loss of income, losses of invitations to events, losses of job opportunities, personal and professional embarrassment, mental anguish and emotional distress.”