Former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears' defamation lawsuit against The New York Times to go to trial
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Drew Lerner
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Summary
A defamation and false-light lawsuit filed by former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears against The New York Times is proceeding to trial in August 2025. The suit stems from a 2023 Times article that allegedly placed Spears at the scene of a shooting involving his Alabama basketball teammates that resulted in the death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris. Spears claims the newspaper erroneously reported his presence at the scene, and that readers could have reasonably inferred he was involved in the incident.
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The suit, initially filed in 2023 following a Times report suggesting Spears was at the scene of a shooting involving some of his Alabama basketball teammates that resulted in the death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris...
...claims that the paper erroneously reported Spears' presence, and that a person reading the story could have reaso
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