BY KEVIN MCGILL Updated 9:29 AM CDT, July 9, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall…
Former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and his wife, Deborah Bryant, are suing a Sports Illustrated reporter and Sports Illustrated’s parent company for defamation. In May 2023, Sports Illustrated published an article written by SI senior writer Michael Rosenberg titled ‘The…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to a welfare…
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is suing a local news organization, claiming it defamed him in public comments on the misspending of $77 million of federal welfare funds intended to help some of the poorest…
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A jury has ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she was abused by…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday found that no defamation occurred between former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of molesting her when she was 14. The former Alabama judge and Leigh Corfman…