Man awarded $25 million after Oklahoma newspaper mistakenly identified him as sports announcer who made racist comments

The jury awarded Scott Sapulpa $5 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages. The newspaper's owner planned to appeal.

By: CBS News

Feb 08 2024
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An Oklahoma jury awarded a man $25 million on Monday after finding the state's largest newspaper defamed him when they mistakenly identified him as the announcer who made racist comments during a 2021 broadcast of a girls basketball game. The jury in... [2568 chars]

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