A former University of Alabama basketball player sued The New York Times over a 2023 story it ran reporting he was at the ...

“The Times had not lost a defamation lawsuit brought in the United States over one of its articles in more than 50 years.” ...

The award, in a suit filed by Kai Spears, a former University of Alabama basketball player, was announced by a jury on ...

Kai Spears sued the Times in 2023 after it published a report, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that ...

An Alabama jury on Thursday awarded $9.25 million in damages after finding that The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he ...

They relied on a single anonymous source for the report ...

During the nine-day trial, Witz testified that the article he wrote "had a mistake, no question," per the Tuscaloosa Patch.

Beckley attorney Stephen P. New and his legal team have secured a landmark $9.25 million federal jury verdict against the New ...

An Alabama jury ordered the New York Times to pay $9.25 million after finding it defamed former college basketball player Kai ...

New York Times forced to pay Alabama basketball player $9.25 million in damages originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add ...

Discover how The New York Times was sued for libel by a player wrongfully linked to a deadly shooting incident in 2023.

Kai Spears, a former walk-on basketball player at Alabama, was awarded $9.25 million in a defamation case against the New ...