The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict. A judge and a different jury had reached the same conclusion about Palin’s defamation claims in 2022, but her lawsuit was revived by an appeals court.
Palin was subdued as she left the courthouse and made her way to a waiting car, telling reporters: “I get to go home to a beautiful family of five kids and grandkids and a beautiful property and get on with life. And that’s nice.”
Later, she posted on the social platform X that she planned to “keep asking the press to quit making things up.”
If… she has lost this, and then starts saying ‘the NYT lied about me’…
… can’t they then sue her for defamation, libel?
Pretty sure you have to prove actual damages. The town drunk going off on one of their typical rants that won’t convince anyone wouldn’t be considered defamatory.
Defamation lawsuits are really hard to win, losing one doesn’t prove the other party was truthful