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News & Observer ordered to pay $6 million in libel case
The newspaper defended its story and said it plans to appeal.
Posted — UpdatedRALEIGH, N.C. — The News and Observer was ordered to pay roughly 6 million dollars to a State Bureau of Investigation agent, who won a libel lawsuit against the paper.
Beth Desmond, an agent with the State Bureau of Investigation, sued after a 2010 story about her work as a forensic firearms analyst was published.
Statements questioned her analysis and she testified the article caused post-traumatic stress.
The News and Observer defended its story and said it plans to appeal.
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