New York Times must pay college basketball star $9.25m as it loses defamation case for first time in 50 years over false report

Following a nine-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, an eight-person jury ruled in favor of Spears, who was an 18-year-old freshman for the University of Alabama.

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