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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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