Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Nancy Grace and CNN

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Source: Associated Press

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit that claims CNN host Nancy Grace pushed the mother of a missing toddler to suicide through aggressive questioning.

The U.S. network and Grace had argued the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Melinda Duckett's family would "severely chill" journalists' coverage of missing-persons cases.

But U.S. District Judge William Hodges denied on Thursday their motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Duckett, 21, was on Grace's show after her son Trenton went missing from her apartment in August 2006.

Grace grilled the woman, accusing her of hiding something because Duckett did not take a lie-detector test and answered vaguely regarding her whereabouts.

Duckett fatally shot herself before the network aired the pre-taped interview.

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