ABC News Loses $15 Million Defamation Suit to President Trump
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — ABC News will pay over $15 million to fund a presidential library and museum for Donald Trump as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit filed…
‘Election Interference’: Republicans Rip Verdict In Trump Defamation Case
‘Election Interference’: Republicans Rip Verdict In Trump Defamation Case Harold Hutchison on January 26, 2024 Republicans blasted the verdict in a defamation case against former President Donald Trump Friday. A Manhattan jury…
‘Absolutely Ridiculous’: Trump Vows To Appeal Defamation Trial Verdict
‘Absolutely Ridiculous’: Trump Vows To Appeal Defamation Trial Verdict Harold Hutchison on January 26, 2024 Former President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Truth Social that he would appeal the verdict against…
Donald Trump’s defamation trial to resume on Thursday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s trial in the defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll will resume on Thursday, and will not be held on Wednesday as initially scheduled,…
Trump cannot challenge writer’s rape claim at defamation trial, judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump cannot argue to a jury assessing damages at the writer E. Jean Carroll’s upcoming defamation trial that he did not rape her in…
Jury Determines Rudy Giuliani Owes Nearly $150 Million In Damages In Defamation Case
Jury Determines Rudy Giuliani Owes Nearly $150 Million In Damages In Defamation Case Katelynn Richardson on December 15, 2023 A jury determined that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani owes nearly $150 million…
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to media defamation protections
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former West Virginia mining company executive to make it easier for public figures to…
Lawyers for Trump ally Lindell seek to quit election defamation cases
By David Thomas (Reuters) – Lawyers for My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell sought permission on Thursday to quit representing him in defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic USA, alleging…
Soccer-Spanish court throws out Rubiales’ pre-kiss defamation lawsuit
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish court has dismissed a lawsuit by disgraced ex-soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales against coach Javier Clemente who had called Rubiales a “dangerous and ambitious guy” seeking “to…
Arizona man who joined Jan. 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally sues Fox News for defamation
By Helen Coster, Tom Hals and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, alleging the network spread a conspiracy theory that…
Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn must answer questions in Smartmatic US defamation case
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn, two allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump, must answer questions under oath in voting technology company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against right-wing…
Kesha settles producer Dr. Luke’s defamation lawsuit over rape accusation
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Pop star Kesha on Thursday settled a lawsuit brought by her former producer Dr. Luke, who claimed that she defamed him by accusing him of raping her.…
E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Donald Trump set for January 2024
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday scheduled the writer E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump for next January. U.S. District…
Former Australian SAS veteran loses defamation case over reports of Afghan execution
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the murder of six Afghans while on deployment,…
In Australian defamation court, a proxy ‘war crimes trial’ nears judgement
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia’s highest military honour for “conspicuous gallantry” during a 2010 attack on two…
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation lawsuit against Australian news website
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he said accused him of complicity in the…
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to learn juror names at defamation trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the writer E.…
Judge rejects Trump, rape accuser Carroll’s request for single defamation trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday rejected a joint request by former U.S. President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll to hold a single…
Trump seeks to dismiss rape accuser Carroll’s second defamation claim
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claim in the second of her two lawsuits…
Fox claims Dominion cannot prove $1.6 billion damages in defamation case
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Fox News on Thursday told a judge that Dominion Voting Systems has no evidence to support its “staggering” $1.6 billion damages claim in a defamation lawsuit over…
Trump will challenge NY sex abuse law in writer’s defamation lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Donald Trump plans to argue that a New York law allowing a writer to sue the former U.S. president over claims that he raped her decades ago is…
Trump gave deposition in writer’s defamation lawsuit -writer’s spokesperson
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump gave a deposition on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll after the former president denied having raped her,…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Lindell’s defamation case appeal
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mike Lindell, a prominent ally of former President Donald Trump, must face a $1.3 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems Inc accusing him of defamation for…
Donald Trump seeks end to rape accuser’s defamation lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump is seeking a quick end to the defamation lawsuit by an author who claims he raped her more than a quarter century ago.…
Trump Scores Major Victory In Defamation Case
Trump Scores Major Victory In Defamation Case Trevor Schakohl on September 27, 2022 A federal court Tuesday opened the door for former President Donald Trump to escape a personal defamation lawsuit…
7 key moments from Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Here are seven moments that could shape a jury’s deliberations on Thursday in a trial to decide how much U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay parents…
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