She wasn't referencing it for no reason. She was responding to it and to material about it that was sent to her, unsolicited. My source was a set of court documents that were reported on a website. Instead of looking at the URL, how about looking at the content? You can read about it on Law 360 I guess (I don't have an account there).
I don't know if you are familiar with (or respect) jns
A cancer counselor who experienced ethnic slurs from colleagues was told: “It is the essence of white fragility to claim victimhood when you are definitely not the victim.”
www.jns.org