Ex-Alabama Basketball Player Argues NYT Should Reveal Source for ‘False’ Story

Ex-Alabama basketball player argues NYT should reveal source for ‘false’ story

A federal judge is asking the Alabama Supreme Court for a ruling related to former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears' lawsuit against the New York Times.

Judge in Kai Spears-NYT case asks if shield law covers online story also published in print

Defamation lawsuits often take strange twists. But one of the strangest yet comes from former Alabama Crimson Tide basketball player Kai Spears’ defamation lawsuit against former New York Times sports reporter Billy Witz (who’s now covering Pennsylvania news and politics for that publication) and that company overall. The federal judge overseeing that case is now asking the Alabama Supreme Court if a state shield law protecting journalists from …