Former Alabama Basketball Player Wins $9.25M in Defamation Case Against NYT
A jury awarded a former Alabama basketball player $9.25 million in a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The verdict found that the newspaper defamed him with an incorrect story about a shooting incident.
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Former Alabama basketball player wins $9.25m in defamation case against New York Times
Kai Spears incorrectly linked to death of young mother Times says it had not lost libel case in more than 50 years An Alabama jury has awarded $9.25m in damages after finding that the New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting. Kai Spears, who played for the University of Alabama men’s team, sued the Times in 2023 after it published a report, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that said he was a pass...
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An Alabama jury finds The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa
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