Kathuria filed a lawsuit against the Trib yesterday.
The lawsuit alleges that Kathuria of Oak Brook could lose $100 million in pending business ventures and future deals if the newspaper is not forced to remove the story from its Web site.Kathuria also is seeking a court order for the newspaper to post retractions both in print and on its Web site. He also seeks damages in excess of $1.5 million.
"Should I have updated my resume? Yeah, but there’s a lot of old resumes that are around when companies are up and running. It’s a fact of business," Kathuria told reporters. "If someone said they were running a company and it’s no longer around, you just have a new resume. … So at the worst case, sure, I’m guilty of not updating my resume."
First, the suit is a non-starter. It’ll be thrown out–as a public figure his business dealings are fair game. If he didn’t want scrutiny, he shouldn’t have run–regardless of whether the scrutiny is fair.
Second, he is officially relegated to being a fringe candidate from such behavior. Taking the hit, protesting it and moving on would have been a far, far better strategy. Now, he’ll be the kook with a lawsuit againt the Trib.