New York Times loses defamation lawsuit brought by Kai Spears; ordered to pay $9.25 million in damages
- 1An Alabama jury on August 20 found the New York Times liable for defaming former college basketball player Kai Spears
- 2After nine days of deliberation, an eight-member federal jury in the Northern District of Alabama awarded $9.25 million in damages
- 3The case stemmed from a 2023 report falsely claiming he was in the car during a shooting; the paper called it the first defamation loss for a U.S. media outlet in over 50 years
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