All claims against Jefferson County treasurer, Mark Myers, as well as the claims alleged against State Senator Adrian Dickey have been dismissed as of September 16th.
The claims, which were filed civil court in Jefferson County, involved allegations of failing to perfect a security interest on a vehicle. Previous allegations of civil conspiracy had previously been dismissed by the Court. The case rested on allegations by the daughter of Iowa State Senator Adrian Dickey, as well as her mother and stepfather, that claimed improper action on the part of the Treasurer and State Senator during the registration process of a vehicle the Senator purchased for his daughter. The pending action against Mr. Dickey has also been dismissed.
With the resolution of all pending claims against the Treasurer, Myers had this comment:
“Unfortunately, arrogant incompetence and dishonesty created a colossal waste of time and energy. However, Attorney Skylar Limkemann and Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding worked hard to mitigate the damage created by the baseless claim. I’m glad this is over, I can put it behind me, and Mr. Moulding and I can now put that effort into the Jefferson County citizens.”
Below is the response from the plaintiffs.
Dickey v. Dickey, CVEQ004601 – Statement from Plaintiffs Shawna Husted and Allen Husted
“We filed this lawsuit against Adrian Dickey and the Jefferson County Treasurer’s Office because Korynn was unaware that her biological father put a lien on the car he gave her until just a few weeks before the car was totaled in an accident. In 2020, just before he gave her the car, Adrian offered in text messages to give Korynn the car “no strings attached,” “out of love for” his daughter, and just because he wanted “to do something kind for her.” He sent her papers to sign so he could register the car while she was in California. The papers had a section Adrian could have filled out to show that he would be the lienholder, but he didn’t fill that section out until after Korynn had signed the papers and returned to him.
When Korynn’s car was totaled, Adrian refused to agree to release the insurance proceeds so we could apply them to purchase a new car for Korynn. We didn’t believe Adrian had any right to put the lien on the car in the first place, and we thought it would be a relatively straightforward matter to demand that he release the lien.
But Adrian claimed that he sent Korynn an email and a letter in July 2020 containing his expectations for her if she accepted his gift of a car. Korynn did not receive either one. In discovery, we asked Adrian to produce the original electronic file of the email he claimed he sent, and he couldn’t produce it. Instead, he produced an email dated July 7, 2023, two days after the lawsuit was filed, that he claimed was the original “native” file of the email. No one has ever seen the letter Adrian claims he sent Korynn—which, very strangely, he kept a copy of.
He then filed a counterclaim against Korynn—his own biological daughter—for defamation, because she posted a few things on Instagram when she was a teenager and in her early twenties. After months of dealing with Adrian’s counterclaims, the case had become about everything but Adrian Dickey’s security interest in Korynn’s car, and Korynn was having a very hard time with it. So, we chose to dismiss our claims against Adrian and Jefferson County. We thought that would be the end of it.
Unfortunately, after we dismissed our claims, the judge asked Adrian’s attorney to draft the order to wrap up the case. This is not stated in the Order that was filed. We objected to the order proposed by Adrian’s attorney, but the judge ended up adopting it word-for-word, even though most of what was in the order wasn’t even necessary to resolve the case. We had already agreed that Adrian should receive the insurance proceeds (the $23,686.75) and $1 for his ridiculous defamation claim. We did not believe it was necessary to write an order that made one side look good and the other side look bad.
Nonetheless, we are happy to put this case and our interactions with Adrian behind us. We will not be filing an appeal. We have more fulfilling things to focus on, including supporting Korynn and her new baby, and we are looking forward to a rewarding and happy future for our family.”