New York Times Hit With $9.25M Defamation Verdict Over False Report on Alabama Basketball Player

The New York Times was dealt a major courtroom loss Thursday after a federal jury found the newspaper defamed a former University of Alabama basketball player by falsely reporting that he was present at the scene of a deadly 2023 shooting. An eight-person federal jury in Alabama sided with former Crimson Tide basketball player Kai Spears and awarded him $9.25 million in damages. According to the…