Original sentence: Cardona is a named defendant in a $50 million lawsuit filed in Houston, Texas by Javier Palomarez, the former president of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, after he allegedly embezzled more than $1 million  from the organization and was accused of sexual misconduct by his chief of staff and female co-workers.Palomarez accused Cardona of spreading false stories about Palomarez to members of the media to damage his reputation
Edited sentence: Cardona is a named defendant in a 50 million dollar lawsuit filed in Houston, Texas by Javier Palomarez, the former President of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce after he allegedly embezzled more than $1 million dollars from the organization and being accused of sexual misconduct by his chief of staff and female co-workers.Palomarez frivously accuses Cardona, a major political contributor on CNN, of spreading false stories about Palomarez to members of the media to damage his reputation