Fox 9 Anchor's Lawsuit: Minneapolis To Pay $193K In Privacy Case

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The city of Minneapolis is set to pay $193,500 to a local TV news anchor to settle her years-old privacy lawsuit. The co-host of "Fox 9 Morning News" claimed Minneapolis police officers were snooping around her private information for no legitimate reason.

In 2014, Kendall sued a total of 169 Minnesota cities and counties after she learned her driver’s license information had been accessed more than 3,800 times in 9 years. Her data was accessed 560 times by Minneapolis police alone.

Kendall was among a number of high-profile Twin Cities media members who claimed their privacy was breached in cities across Minnesota. Many of those cases were dismissed in federal court, however, when the plaintiffs failed to prove that officers improperly looked up their info.

Others who were involved in the privacy allegations included KSTP’s Jay Kolls, KMSP’s Tim Sherno, and Laureen Barghini of myTalk 107.1’s "Lori & Julia."

The court did consider most late-night lookups illegal, Kendall’s attorney, Sonia Miller-Van Oort, told the Star Tribune.

The court's ruling cleared the way for Kendall to sue Minneapolis over 48 lookups, down from 560.

Saint Paul settled a lawsuit with Kendall over the same issued earlier this year. The city payed her $33,000, the Pioneer Press reported.

Photo: Alix Kendall, photographer Robert Whitman and Ed Kruszka attend the PRINCE PRE FAME 'THE BOOK' By Robert Whitman Exclusively on VERO at Capella Tower on February 2, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Marse Group)