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Bermuda’s ex-premier calls claims Lahey bribed him a ‘litany of lies’

Then-Bermuda premier Dr. Ewart Brown in 2009. AP / The Royal Gazette / Akil Simmons

Bermuda’s former premier, accused in a federal lawsuit of accepting bribes from the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center as part of a racketeering conspiracy that spanned two decades, lashed out Thursday at the government he once led, calling its allegations “a litany of lies.”

In his first remarks since Bermuda’s government filed a civil action against the Burlington hospital Tuesday, Dr. Ewart Brown denounced the lawsuit as politically motivated and said it contained “countless lies and ridiculous allegations.”

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