A consumer advocacy group is claiming that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was “highly evasive” and “threatening” when the organization tried to serve her legal papers over her social media promotion of a Texas dental practice in March.
The lawsuit, filed by the group Travelers United in March in D.C. Superior Court, accuses the Republican governor of employing “deceptive advertising practices” on social media when she lavished praise on a Texas dental practice’s work on her teeth. Noem says that the posts were not paid promotion.
A judge dismissed the complaint last week after declaring that Travelers United failed to file proof that Noem was served with the lawsuit. But the consumer advocacy group said in a filing on Tuesday that it “successfully served” Noem on April 5.
Noem, whose name has come up as former President Donald Trump’s possible 2024 running mate, has been in the spotlight for the past month after she revealed in her new book that she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, 20 years ago.