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NYT defamation verdict awards $9.25 million to Kai Spears
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Aug 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM ET
Summary: An Alabama jury found The New York Times defamed University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears by incorrectly reporting he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa. The eight-person jury awarded $9.25 million after a nine-day trial in federal court, following the Times’ later correction.
WHO: Kai Spears; The New York Times; eight-person jury
WHAT: A jury awarded $9.25 million in a defamation case over an incorrect New York Times report about Spears being at a fatal shooting scene.
WHEN: Aug 20, 2026
WHERE: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
WHY: The jury found the Times’ story incorrectly placed Spears at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa.
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