14 Oct DONALD TRUMP SUES CNN IN DEFAMATION SUIT
Former US President Donald Trump is suing CNN, seeking damages of $475 million and claiming that the cable TV network has defamed him....
Defamation
14 Oct DRAG QUEEN SUES RIGHT WING BLOGGER OVER EXPOSURE CLAIM
Drag queen Eric Posey (who goes by the stage name Mona Liza Million) has filed a defamation claim against Summer Bushnell, a far-right blogger, after she told followers of her blog The Bushnell Report that Posey had exposed himself to children in June at a Pride Event in Idaho and called for his arrest....
14 Oct CLASH OVER WITNESS LIST IN SAMANTHA MARKLE’S DEFAMATION CLAIM
The strained relationship between Meghan Markle and her sister Samantha Markle continues, with several developments in the defamation case brought by Samantha against the Duchess in Florida....
02 Aug ROONEY WINS IN “WAGATHA CHRISTIE” LIBEL BATTLE
Coleen Rooney has come out the victor in the long-running libel case brought against her by Rebekah Vardy. The case, dubbed “Wagatha Christie” stemmed from a post from Ms Rooney on Twitter and Instagram about the leaking of stories about her private life to the Sun newspaper....
25 Jul APPEALS FILED IN THE AMBER HEARD AND JOHNNY DEPP DEFAMATION CASE
Two weeks after Amber Heard was denied a request for a re-trial in the defamation case brought against her, she filed an appeal against the verdict in which she was ordered to pay her ex-husband over $10 million. Johnny Depp is also seeking overturn the decision made against him, and has appealed the $2 million award handed to Heard....
25 Jul HIGH COURT HEARS RACHEL RILEY LIBEL ACTION AGAINST BLOGGER
TV presenter Rachel Riley’s libel claim against Vox Political blogger Michael Sivier reached the High Court last week, with the Countdown star suing Mr Sivier over an online article bearing the headline “Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive ‘extra protection’ – on grounds that she is receiving abuse”....
15 Jul PROGRESS IN PRINCE HARRY DEFAMATION CLAIM AGAINST MAIL ON SUNDAY
Prince Harry was successful in the first stage of his defamation action against the Mail on Sunday, in a judgment delivered by the High Court last week....
15 Jul ALABAMA JUDGE LOSES DEFAMATION APPEAL AGAINST SACHA BARON COHEN
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen was victorious in an appeal brought by Roy Moore, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama and former Senate candidate....
05 Jul ARRON BANKS ALLOWED TO APPEAL CAROLE CADWALLADR LIBEL DEFEAT
The multi-millionaire pro-Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has been granted permission to appeal the decision against him in his unsuccessful libel action against Carole Cadwalladr, an investigative journalist for the Observer and Guardian....
05 Jul JOHNNY DEPP V AMBER HEARD – HEARD APPEALS DEFAMATION VERDICT
Amber Heard has now launched an appeal of the verdict in her high profile defamation case against Johnny Depp in which she was found to defame him in a 2018 op-ed....
28 Jun KEEPING UP WITH THE PAYMENTS: KARDASHIAN-JENNERS SEEK COSTS OVER FAILED BLAC CHYNA LAWSUIT
In court papers filed last week, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have requested that Blac Chyna pay their legal fees following her failed defamation and contract interference claim against them....
17 Jun ARRON BANKS LOSES LIBEL ACTION AGAINST JOURNALIST CAROLE CADWALLADR
Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has lost a libel action he brought against journalist Carole Cadwalladr over a TED talk and a tweet which commented on Mr Banks’ relationship with Russia....
17 Jun PRINCE HARRY AWAITS MEANING OUTCOME IN LATEST CLAIM AGAINST THE MAIL
Prince Harry is awaiting a decision over whether a Mail on Sunday article is defamatory of him. The preliminary hearing is in the Duke’s latest legal claim against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail Online....
17 Jun FORMER JUDGE ROY MOORE SEEKS TO REVIVE CLAIM AGAINST SACHA BARON COHEN
Former Alabama judge and Senate candidate Roy Moore has asked a Manhattan appeals court to revive his defamation claim against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. The claim relates to Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy series Who is America in which Baron Cohen portrays fictional characters....
10 Jun DEPP SUCCEEDS IN HEARD LAWSUIT
The Circuit Court in Fairfax County, Virginia, has for 6 weeks been home to one of the most closely followed libel trials of the century....