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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Courthouse News Service
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Buzzfeed article

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama ruled in favor of Buzzfeed, its former editor Ben Smith and reporter Katie Baker in a defamation case relating to an article about the death of Megan Rondini. The suit was brought by an officer who investigated Rondini’s claims that she was raped by a member of an influential Tuscaloosa family.

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