A jury has awarded $9.25 million to Kai Spears, a former University of Alabama basketball player, in a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. Spears sued the newspaper after it incorrectly reported he was present at the scene of a fatal shooting. The New York Times issued a correction days after the initial report, but Spears claimed the inaccurate reporting caused him emotional distress. The jury's verdict followed a nine-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. AI
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- Charlie Stadtlander
- Kai Spears
- Matt Glover
- New York Times
- University of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
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