LINCOLN- The ongoing story of dueling lawsuits between former gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster and State Sen. Julie Slama has been postponed for a second time.

The next hearing in the case, which had been scheduled for September 6th, is now scheduled for Oct. 3 after Slama’s team filed for the postponement. The hearing was initially scheduled for Aug. 15, before it was pushed for the first time.

Judge Rick Schreiner said the hearing will consider arguments on a motion by Slama’s legal team, which would require Herbster’s team to hand over information relevant to the case.

Herbster filed a defamation lawsuit against the Dunbar senator in April after the Nebraska Examiner reported allegations from eight women who said Herbster — a Republican mega-donor and then-candidate for governor — had groped them in recent years. Slama was the only named accuser in that report.

Since the first hearing, Schreiner also quashed Herbster’s request for a protective order against Slama’s attorneys for, in the words of Herbster’s attorney, attempting to try the case in the press.

Both sides have yet to comment on the latest postponement.

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