Atlanta-based UniverSoul Circus is suing critics who claimed its elephant handler mistreats one of the animals appearing in the circus.
The circus brought a defamation complaint in Fulton County Superior Court against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and multimedia hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. UniverSoul said the animal abuse allegations sullied its reputation, jammed its phone lines and forced it to shut down its website and Facebook page.
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