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Disputes Between OneBC MLA and Former Staff Escalates Into Series of Litigation
Brodie alleges the former staffer’s posts on X damaged her reputation and caused injury, loss and damage, while a separate wrongful-dismissal case is pending.
- On Aug. 31, OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie sued former staffer Othman Mekhloufi, alleging he "engaged in a sustained campaign of online defamation" directed at her through social media posts.
- OneBC terminated Mekhloufi in Dec. 2025 due to social media posts containing Neo-Nazi and white-nationalist content; he now works in a communications role for Kelowna-Lake-Country MLA Tara Armstrong.
- The filing alleges Mekhloufi painted Brodie as "violent" and "unstable and abusive," claimed she "drunkenly assaulted a fellow MLA," and questioned if OneBC leadership had an average IQ north of 105.
- This marks the second lawsuit in two months involving Brodie and a former staffer; former chief of staff Tim Thielmann sued her on July 23, alleging wrongful dismissal.
- Armstrong and Brodie now both technically sit as Independents because the legislature requires at least two sitting MLAs for official party status; neither lawsuit's claims have been proven in court.
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