Rick Caruso Slams Jeffrey Katzenberg for ‘Lying’ in Trump-Themed Political Ad

variety.com:

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterL.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso responded on Tuesday to TV ads that compare him to Donald Trump, accusing the ads’ principal financial backer, mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, of “lying” about him.The mayoral primary is just two weeks away, and polls show Caruso in a tight race against Karen Bass in a multi-candidate field.

If no candidate secures a majority, the top two finishers will advance to a November runoff.Katzenberg, a longtime Hollywood power broker and Democratic fundraiser, has contributed $600,000 to an independent committee supporting Bass, a Democratic congresswoman.

In recent days, the committee has aired TV ads that call Caruso “a lifelong Republican” and a “fraud,” and quote a 2007 L.A.

Times profile calling him “the Donald Trump of Los Angeles.” “I’ve known Jeffrey for years,” Caruso told Variety on Tuesday. “I think when you lie about somebody, that’s not right.