“In 2022, Livingston Parish (La.) school librarian Amanda Jones sued Michael Lunsford; Citizens for a New Louisiana, a conservative policy research group that Lunsford founded; and blogger Ryan Thames after they equated her opposition to banning books about LGBTQ+ subjects to supporting child pornography and grooming children. On June 15, 21st Judicial District Court Judge Erika Sledge said Jones’s attorneys’ fees must be paid by Lunsford and his organization.” Jones previously settled her lawsuit against Thames for $1 and an apology in which he acknowledged that his claims were not true.