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Tucker Carlson Doubles Down On 2020 Election Fraud Claims With Jan. 6 Footage Despite Fox Defamation Lawsuit
Topline Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson continued to sow doubt in the 2020 election results Monday night despite a high-stakes defamation case over the network’s fraud claims—which court documents sugg...
DeSantis And Florida GOP Poised To Take Up Controversial Bills On Trans Rights, Education, Gun Ownership, And More As New Session Begins
Topline The GOP-controlled Florida legislature convenes a new session Tuesday in which they’re set to take up a series of controversial bills on topics like immigration, LGBTQ rights, gun rights...
Trump Attacks Rupert Murdoch And Fox News—Again—Claiming ‘Destruction Of America’ Amid Defamation Lawsuit
Topline Former President Donald Trump blasted Fox News’ billionaire chairman Rupert Murdoch in one of his most scathing criticisms of the right-wing network Wednesday morning, accusing Murdoch of “aid...
‘A complete nut’: Fox News hosts didn’t believe 2020 election fraud claims
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hosts at Fox News had serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election being made by guests who were allies of former President Donald Trump, acco...
Court Lets Lawsuit Against Fox News Move Forward—Here’s Where Dominion And Smartmatic’s Defamation Suits Stand Now
Topline Voting company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News and several of its anchors can move forward, a judge ruled Tuesday, also reinstating some claims against attorney Rudy Giuliani,...
Logan Paul backflips on defamation lawsuit against Coffeezilla, apologizes
YouTuber Logan Paul has deleted a video in which he threatened to sue internet detective Stephen “Coffeezilla” Findeisen over a three-part series that painted Paul’s CryptoZoo project as a...
‘Bitcoin founder’ Craig Wright can appeal Satoshi defamation ruling
Reports suggest that the Norwegian court has upheld Craig Wright’s right to appeal for the Satoshi defamation finding against Twitter user Hodlnaut. Craig Wright can appeal The case between Craig Wri...
Billionaire Rupert Murdoch Will Be Deposed In Dominion’s Defamation Suit Against Fox, Report Says
Topline Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch will be deposed next week in response to a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox News over its coverage of the 2020 p...
Court Lets Lawsuit Against OANN Move Forward—Here’s Where Dominion And Smartmatic’s Defamation Suits Stand Now
Topline Voting company Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against One America News Network (OANN) can move forward, a judge ruled Monday, as Dominion and rival company Smartmatic pursue a doz...
Craig Wright Loses Against Hodlonaut in Defamation Lawsuit
On Thursday, court papers showed that Magnus Granath, better known as the Twitter handle “Hodlonaut,” had prevailed in a case he had filed against Craig Wright in Norway. Wright has claimed his identi...
GBP volatility reaches Bitcoin’s, Hodlonaut wins against Craig Wright in defamation case
The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Oct. 20 includes the British Pound’s increasing volatility that is nearing Bitcoin’s, the unprofitable Q3 for Bitcoin miners, and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s th...
What To Know About The Defamation Suit Accusing Trump Of Rape
Topline Writer E. Jean Carroll sued then-President Donald Trump in 2019 for defamation after alleging he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s—here’s what to know about the civil ...
‘Hodlonaut’ declares victory against Craig Wright in Norwegian defamation case
“Hodlonaut,” also known as Magnus Granath, took to Twitter to declare victory in his defamation lawsuit against self-described Bitcoin creator Craig Wright. I won. Welcome to law. — hodlonaut 🌮⚡🔑 🐝 (@...
Trump Files Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN, Seeking $475 Million
Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against CNN, accusing the network of engaging in a smear campaign against him in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential race. Mr. Trump’s ...
Herschel Walker Denies He Paid For Woman’s Abortion, Threatens Defamation Suit
Topline Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, refuted a report that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 despite the former NFL star’s hardline anti-ab...
Trump Sues CNN For Defamation In Latest Lawsuit Against Foe
Topline Former President Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation Monday, arguing the cable network has unfairly attacked him in recent years, marking the latest in a series of post-presidency lawsuits fi...
Trump files $475 million lawsuit against CNN, claiming defamation
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Monday sued CNN, seeking $475 million in damages, saying the network had defamed him in an effort to short-circuit any future political campaign. The lawsui...
Supreme Court won’t hear MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s defamation case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company o...
Trump Might Be Shielded From Defamation Suit, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court said a law shielding U.S. government employees from tort claims could potentially protect former President Donald Trump from a defamation lawsuit brought by a New York writer. ...
Defamation lawsuit against Fox News, Lou Dobbs can proceed to trial
NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp. FOX, +1.58%, Fox News Network and Lou Dobbs can proceed toward trial, a judge ruled Monday after concluding that a Venezuelan businessman had made suf...
Alex Jones Testifies In Sandy Hook Defamation Case
Topline Alex Jones attempted to defend himself in the face of tough questioning from prosecutors as he testified Thursday in the defamation case over his claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a...
Court Lets Lawsuit Against Mike Lindell Move Forward—Here’s Where Dominion And Smartmatic’s Defamation Suits Stand Now
Topline Voting company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against MyPillow and CEO Mike Lindell can move forward, a judge ruled Monday, as Smartmatic and rival company Dominion Voting Systems pursue a do...
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Case TV Movie To Premiere On Fox’s Tubi
TOPSHOT – US actors Amber Heard (L) and Johnny Depp watch as the jury leaves the courtroom at the … [+] end of the day at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, May 16...
Defamation Trial Commences in Norway
The Hodlonaut vs. Craig Wright defamation trial has commenced in Norway. The showdown in Oslo will decide whether Holdlonaut’s tweets about Dr. Wright being a fraud falls under “freedom of speech.” Th...
Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ And ‘Inventing Anna’ Subjects Of Defamation Lawsuit
Contributing Author: Bryan Sullivan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 19, 2021: “The Queen’s Gambit,” recipient of the Outstanding … [+] Limited Or Anthology Series awa...
Netflix Settles ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Defamation Lawsuit With Georgian Chess Master
Topline Netflix agreed on Tuesday to settle a defamation lawsuit with Georgian chess master Nona Gaprindashvili, who had sought $5 million in damages as the result of a “sexist and belittling” represe...
What You Can’t Use In Your Movie
Gavel Getty Images There are several categories of laws that impose important limits on what you can include in a film, and it is important to be aware of these categories, the differences among them,...
BitBoy Crypto Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Atozy After Backlash
Well-known crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka “BitBoy Crypto,” recently filed a lawsuit against fellow YouTuber Erling Mengshoel Jr., aka Atozy. While the former claims that Atozy’s eight-month-old ...
Crypto YouTuber ‘BitBoy’ Drops Defamation Suit After Public Outcry
Ben ‘BitBoy’ Armstrong had alleged he sustained losses of more than $75,000 after fellow YouTuber ‘atozy’ released a critical video Atozy raised about $200,000 from the crypto community to support his...