countersue
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of countersue
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Her lawyer later said she had plans to countersue.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
District Judge Lewis Kaplan in a Monday order dismissed former President Donald Trump's attempt to countersue writer E. Jean Carroll, after a jury found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming her in May.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2023
Afroman is unmoved — he intends to countersue and release a new album dissing the officers individually, he told The Washington Post in an interview.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
But they didn’t countersue, and the court-appointed receiver is pursuing the judgment, with interest accruing every day.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
“If this was a civil lawsuit, I’d countersue for triple the amount,” said Jordan, who was fined $50,000 for the delay that resulted from Jordan signaling to Saints coaches that he needed attention from trainers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Lively initially sued Baldoni, her co-star and director of the 2024 film It Ends With Us for sexual harassment and retaliation, before he countersued for defamation.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Lorna Hajdini countersued on Tuesday after being named in harassment lawsuit that went viral on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
In late January, after Mayday countersued in a federal court in New York, that court temporarily blocked South Dakota’s actions.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
PSG countersued Mbappe, who moved to Real Madrid last year, for 180m euros in Paris' labour court, basing that figure on a botched 300m-euro transfer to Saudi club Al Hilal which the player refused.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Baldoni, who directed and co-starred in the movie, denied the allegations and in January countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist Leslie Sloane for defamation and extortion, seeking $400 million in damages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
She’s now countersuing Jovanovic, and her lawsuit alleges that he “inappropriately invited” her to move into his house with him.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Noyola and Carpenter are countersuing Silva for violating their right to privacy and the Texas Harmful Access by Computer Act, which makes it a crime to access a computer without the consent of the owner.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
Paltrow, 50, blamed him for the accident, countersuing for $1 plus legal fees.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
Ms. Paltrow claims that Mr. Sanderson skied into her and is countersuing for $1 and legal fees.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Paltrow, in turn, is countersuing Sanderson for $1 and the cost of her legal fees, claiming it was actually Sanderson who crashed into her.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
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