SPOKANE, Wash. – It’s a moment that has become a fixture in Spokane’s political history. Former Spokane Nadine Woodward and former Washington State Representative Matt Shea with her hands extended in prayer during a political event in Aug. 2023.
While Woodward in Sep. 2023, she struck a more defiant tone in a Thursday filing claiming damages against the City Council Members who voted for a resolution condemning her appearance with Feucht and Shea.
According to the filing, which comes just a month after against city council, Woodward claims the council violated her right to free speech by condemning her appearance at the event.
“City Council did so with the intent of interfering with the then-upcoming mayoral election,” the filing says.
Woodward is demanding $1.4 million in damages as a result of the alleged violation of her constitutional rights.
Shea is now the only figure of the three people involved in the controversy who has not filed a legal claim against the city. When he left the state legislature after being accused of domestic terrorism by an official Washington State House report, he became a pastor.
The City of Spokane told NonStop Local the damages claim is being processed like any other filing submitted to the city clerk’s office.
