Judge dismisses Virginia lieutenant governor's libel suit against CBS.
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Source: FOX 5 DC, WTTG in Washington, DC
BREAKING (
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) -- Judge dismisses Virginia lieutenant governor's libel suit against CBS.
Justin Fairfax filed $400m suit vs. network after it interviewed two women who accused him of sexual assault. (more on that: https://fox5dc.com/news/virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-sues-cbs-for-400m-over-accuser-interviews)
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The link given goes to a 2019 story about Fairfax.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/virginia-lt-gov-justin-fairfax-sues-cbs-for-400m-over-accuser-interviews
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax sues CBS for $400M over accuser interviews
Published September 12, 2019 News Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax filed a $400 million lawsuit Thursday against CBS, alleging the company defamed him when it broadcast interviews with two women he says have falsely accused him of sexual assault.
The lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday alleges nobody at the company investigated or adequately fact-checked the allegations made by Meredith Watson or Vanessa Tyson before airing them. It says CBS' actions have damaged Fairfax's reputation and "once promising career and political prospects."
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cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)marble falls
(57,081 posts)underpants
(182,800 posts)Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney is saying he isn't running but we'll see.
oldsoftie
(12,535 posts)Everyone knows CBS did nothing wrong.
Why is he & "blackface" Northam still in office anyway?
obamanut2012
(26,072 posts)oldsoftie
(12,535 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Seems your own sentiment was as just "brilliant", sourced and fact-checked as the reponse to it.
I get it... hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves to. The convenience of such is, well... "brilliant."
oldsoftie
(12,535 posts)Judges often attach costs to what they consider a frivolous suit. This case is exactly that; frivolous.
Regardless, its tossed, so he lost.
Good for journalism