The Murray Energy Corporation has been quietly battling what they call baseless claims from a number of different agencies and now they're taking their fight public.

Back in August Mitt Romney stopped at the Century Mine in Beallsville for what was hailed as an unforgettable campaign stop, but months later the event has become unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Questions of legality, treatment of employees and the threat of lawsuits surround the event.

On Tuesday, ProgressOhio announced it had filed a complaint, just another problem in a growing list for Murray Energy following a campaign stop by Mitt Romney.

NEWS9 talked with the man who knows more about the visit than anyone else, Executive Vice President Rob Moore who talked about that complaint and any others.

"We will vigorously defend any suit brought against us by anyone of those radical organizations," said Moore.

He says he doesn't think any defense will be necessary. "Those are baseless claims and accusations that are intended to silence Murray Corporation from speaking out against the Obama administration," Moore said.

He says the decision to idle mines was a matter of safety and security. "There was nothing more to it than that," Moore said. "These people are trying to make something out of nothing."

Moore says the Romney campaign and the Ohio Coal Association were the ones who selected the site and they invited anyone to attend that worked at the Century Mine.

"I did not say that the event was mandatory," Moore said. "I said certain managers may have stated the event was mandatory and maybe they selected bad words. Bottom line is no one was forced to attend the event."

Moore says he has doubts about the people that are coming forward. "We have a number of past employees that have been discharged for a number of reasons, if they did not comply with policy, etc," said Moore. "So you may have a lot of disgruntled people out there that are making these accusations."

NEWS9 also received a response from the Romney campaign that reads, "These legal shenanigans by Barack Obama's left-wing allies in his war on coal are nothing more than an ineffective and pathetic attempt to distract voters away from that undeniable fact that President Obama's domestic agenda is wreaking havoc on middle class jobs in Ohio."

Moore made it clear that video from the event that was used in Romney's campaign commercials was used without their approval, but he was also quick to point out that the company has no issue with it.