Allan Parachini, the spokesman for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, was fired this week based on what he says are false accusations that he leaked information to TMZ.com.
In his only public comments since being placed on administrative leave last month, Parachini denied any inappropriate relationship with the gossip site and said the real reason for his termination was a conflict over access to bureaucratic data.
Parachini said that he repeatedly clashed with court administrators who wanted to prevent or delay the release of employee salary information, judicial spending reports and a contract that he believed were public information.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
