defamation
Media
Fox News to Pay Dominion $787m Over 2020 US Election Defamation
Fox News has reached a $787m settlement with voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems, which accused the network of defamation in its 2020 US presidential election coverage.
Tuesday’s eleventh-hour agreement — reached as opening statements were expected to begin —...
Media
Trump Sues CNN for Defamation Seeking $475 Million
Former US President Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, claiming the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.
Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in the U.S....
Australia
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia Sues Journalist for Defamation
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia Makarios Griniezakis is suing Alkis Morelas, a Greek-Australian journalist, for defamation in Sydney’s Federal Court.
The Archbishops took legal action against Morelas after the journalist wrote a number of articles alleging that Griniezakis used...
Celebrities
Jury Rules in Favor of Johnny Depp in Trial with Amber Heard
The jury reached a verdict in the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trial on Wednesday.
The jury ruled in Depp's favor, meaning that Heard did defame her ex-husband when she claimed he abused her, after three days of deliberations.
Depp...
Greece
Focus Magazine on Trial Over Satirical "Venus" Cover
German weekly magazine Focus has gone on trial in Athens over a satirical cover of Ancient Greek goddess Venus raising her middle finger to European leaders, symbolically presenting recession-hit Greece ignoring other Member States.
The Focus February 2010 cover, titled...