Fiat Chrysler calls GM allegations ‘defamatory and baseless’

GM alleged in a court filing last week that FCA spent millions on bribes by stashing the money in foreign accounts. The allegations of new evidence were made in a motion asking a federal judge to reconsider his July dismissal of a federal lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler.

GM alleged that bribes were paid to two former United Auto Workers presidents, as well as a former union vice president and at least one former GM employee.

In its response, Fiat Chrysler said GM has to know that the prospect of getting the judge to overturn the dismissal is slim to none. So this motion is apparently a vehicle to make more defamatory and baseless accusations about a competitor that is winning in the marketplace.

FCA wrote that GM’s motion reads like a script from a third-rate spy movie, full of preposterous allegations. GM alleged that FCA paid two moles to infiltrate GM and funnel inside information to FCA, the automaker said. GM’s allegation that foreign accounts were used is not true, FCA said. That GM has extended its attacks to individual FCA officers and employees, making wild allegations against them without a shred of factual support, is despicable, FCA lawyers wrote.