A jury found that New York Times and one of its top editors were not liable in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit, affirming a judge’s earlier announcement that he would dismiss the case irregardless of their decision.
27.01.2022 - 21:11 / perezhilton.com
Sarah Palin needs to face consequences for this!
The former Governor of Alaska was caught dining indoors at a Manhattan restaurant last weekend, despite being unvaccinated. If you haven’t seen the news, she also tested positive for COVID-19 either before the outing or immediately after! Wut??
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According to reports, Palin dined at Elio’s on Saturday night while being unvaccinated — flouting a strict vaccination requirement levied by the city for all indoor venues including restaurants. New York Magazine features writer Shawn McCreesh first reported Palin’s problematic sit-down on Sunday (below), setting off a firestorm of reaction from people understandably mad about the situation:
In the days after Palin’s dinner, the restaurant’s manager, Luca Guaitolini, spoke to the New York Times about the event. He told them the restaurant does have a policy of checking customers’ vaccination cards, saying (below):
Now, Guaitolini says the restaurant is contacting other diners from that night to let them know of a potential exposure to the virus. Palin had been in NYC for her defamation trial against the New York Times, which was supposed to start on Monday. After her positive COVID test, though, it was postponed to early February.
And TMZ reports Palin returned to Elio’s on Wednesday to apologize for all the media attention! This time, restaurant staff seated her outside. Again it is unclear when she tested positive, but it’s crystal she doesn’t give a flying f**k about others.
So selfish.
As if all that wasn’t crazy enough, during the Wednesday outing, as Palin dined with ex-hockey player Ron Duguay, the outlet reports “a heated dispute broke out between a stranger”
A jury found that New York Times and one of its top editors were not liable in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit, affirming a judge’s earlier announcement that he would dismiss the case irregardless of their decision.
Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded in the shooting, committed by a man with a history of anti-GOP activity.In the editorial, the Times blamed overheated political rhetoric. It likened the shooting to a 2011 massacre in Arizona that left six dead and former U.S.
Ethan Shanfeld Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times will be dismissed, a federal judge announced on Monday, saying the former Alaska governor’s team failed to meet the court’s high standards for public figures to make their case.Palin’s team was unable to prove that the newspaper acted with actual malice when it published a 2017 editorial erroneously connecting Palin to a 2011 mass shooting in Tuscon, Ariz., NPR reported. According to Judge Jed Rakoff, Palin’s lawyers failed to present sufficient evidence against the paper or former page editor James Bennet. Palin’s team would have had to prove that Bennet, who inserted the Palin-related language in the article, knew the characterization was false or that the probability of it being false was so great as to mean he was acting with reckless indifference to the facts.
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A federal judge said on Monday that he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, concluding that Palin’s lawyers had failed to meet a very high burden of showing actual malice.
Sarah Palin, 58, and her new boyfriend Ron Dugay, 64, had previously been discrete about their relationship status but now have been spotting showing some PDA since the NHL legend confirmed they are dating. The politician and athlete were spotted holding hands as they walked down the streets of NYC on Friday, Feb. 11. Sarah wore a fitted black coat, leggings and a faux fir scarf as she held a rose, most likely bought for her by her beau who matched her wearing a dark grey jacket and black jeans. Click here to see the lovebirds in action.
Sarah Palin‘s new boyfriend Ron Duguay has confirmed that they are indeed dating.
Attorneys for Sarah Palin and The New York Times wrapped up their case on Friday with lengthy closing arguments, leaving it to jurors to decide whether a faulty 2017 editorial that linked the former governor’s political action committee to a mass shooting was merely “a mess up” or actual malice.
Sarah Palin completed her testimony in her libel case against The New York Times, as she told a New York federal court that the publication’s editorial linking her political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting “was mortifying.”
Round two. Prince Charles has coronavirus for the second time, Clarence House announced on Thursday, February 10.
Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his office said Thursday.A message on the royal's official Twitter page said Charles tested positive on Thursday morning and was “deeply disappointed” not to be able to attend a scheduled visit in Winchester, England.No other details were immediately available.Charles, 73, met dozens of people during a Wednesday evening reception at the British Museum.The heir to the throne previously contracted the coronavirus in March 2020. Officials said he had mild COVID-19 symptoms then.
Sarah Palin briefly took the stand in her libel trial against The New York Times on Wednesday, while the editor responsible for inserting incorrect language in a 2017 op ed said that he “felt terrible” about the mistake, but denied that it was intentional.
Sarah Palin took the witness stand on Wednesday in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, giving the jury a folksy overview of her family life in Alaska and ascent in Republican politics.Palin testified for only about 20 minutes at the end of the day at a civil trial in Manhattan federal court after a Times editor named as a defendant in the suit testified at length.She is to return to court Thursday for a chance to get into the crux of the case — her claim that the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. Closing arguments are set for Friday.Palin, 57, described herself for jurors as a single mother and grandmother who “holds down the fort” for her family in Alaska when not advising candidates about “the good, bad and ugly” of politics.
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Not a fan. Judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke reportedly walked off the set of The Masked Singer after learning the identity of one of the contestants.
The Masked Singer judges Robin Thicke and Ken Jeong walked offstage after it was revealed that Rudy Giuliani was taking part in the US version of the show.According to Deadline, Giuliani was unmasked during the taping for the first episode of The Masked Singer‘s seventh season, with Thicke and Jeong leaving the stage in protest.Fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger reportedly stayed behind and “bantered” with the lawyer and former New York mayor. The theme of The Masked Singer‘s new season is “The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly” while the episode featuring Giuliani will air in March.Giuliani has become a controversial figure after making baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, Donald Trump.
Deadline reported.While Jeong and Thicke hit the exit, the two other judges, Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger, stayed put and chatted with the former New York City mayor, the report said.Deadline did not disclose Giuliani’s costumed character or the song that sent him home early.The new season is set to premiere March 9.The popular singing competition has been known to wow the judges, fans and even hosts with its dramatic celebrity unmaskings.