A judge on Wednesday dismissed what he called a "retaliatory" defamation lawsuit against an anonymous dark money source, and now the pair of former county board candidates who filed the suit are responsible for paying the anonymous group's attorneys fees. Kane County Judge Kevin Busch dismissed Orville Brettman and Ersel Schuster's lawsuit against the Illinois Integrity Fund, ruling that the civil suit was without merit and filed in violation of Illinois' Anti-SLAPP laws.