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NYT ordered to pay $9.25M in defamation verdict

Published 21 August 2026

An Alabama federal jury has ordered The New York Times to pay $9.25 million in damages to former University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears, finding the newspaper liable for defamation in a case that marks its first such loss in more than 50 years.

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