An Alabama jury determined on Thursday, August 20 that …

An Alabama jury awarded former Alabama men's basketball player Kai Spears $9.25 million in damages on Thursday, August 20, after finding that The New York Times defamed him in an article that inaccurately linked him to the scene of a fatal shooting. The newspaper had reported in March 2023 that Spears was in the passenger seat of Brandon Miller's car during the shooting of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa, though it was later revealed that the actual passenger was a team manager.

The jury's decision followed five hours of deliberation and two weeks of testimony in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

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