By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun
Brewing beneath the idyllic surface of a sought-after community in Gilbert with waterfront homes, an ongoing tug-of-war between free speech and defamation could end up in court.
Nearly three dozen residents who have criticized the HOA board overseeing the 900-acre Val Vista Lakes Community are now facing a lawsuit from three former directors.
The lawsuit claims the defendants “engaged in defamatory, harassing, and otherwise violative conduct against one or more of the named plaintiffs.”