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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is suing the Opposition leader for defamation.

A spokeswoman for Wynne says a statement of claim was filed on Monday in order for the premier to be able to continue with her case against Patrick Brown.

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Wynne’s lawyer first demanded in a letter in September that Brown withdraw comments he made a day before the premier testified as a witness at a trial in Sudbury involving two provincial Liberals facing Election Act bribery charges.

Brown had told reporters he hoped Wynne would give answers about the scandal “maybe when she stands trial” and went on to describe her as a “sitting premier, sitting in trial.”

Brown refused to apologize for the statements both after the initial lawyer’s letter and following a libel notice in October.

Wynne’s spokeswoman says this case can be resolved with an apology from Brown, but if he continues to refuse to apologize the premier will be able to continue the legal action.