Colorado court affirms dismissal of consumer protection suit against Denver Post owner

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The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of Andrew Baron's lawsuit against Denver Post owner Alden Global Capital, ruling his consumer protection claim was filed years after the statute of limitations expired. Baron, who pleaded no contest to charity fraud after a 2017 Denver Post investigation into his nonprofit Humanwire, argued corporate mismanagement had degraded the paper's journalism and that the company deceived consumers by claiming ethical standards it didn't follow.

The court found Baron's clock started in 2018, when he already knew of the allegedly false stories and the paper's refusal to correct them, rejecting his argument that a 2024 email reopened the issue. The panel also declined to let Baron add a new fraudulent concealment claim after the fact.

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Waiting seven years to sue over a story, then arguing an email restarted the clock, is the legal equivalent of returning a carton of milk a decade late because somebody mentioned milk recently. The court wasn't having it, and three judges from the same governor's bench all agreed on the math. Sometimes the deadline really is just the deadline.

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