 Berardinetti claimed that Heaps defamed her by distributing copies of an article in "The Globe and Mail" that endorsed him two days before the election.The article by columnist John Barber who described himself as a classmate of Heaps endorsed him while belittling Berardinetti as little more than a nepotistic "pillow talker" of her MPP husband.The article, which was never distributed by Heaps, however Heaps and Berardinetti eventually settled out of court.