Dossier
Kai Spears
Coverage of Kai Spears in the Nexus archive.
- New York Times loses defamation suit, ordered to pay $9.25M to former Alabama basketball player
The New York Times was defeated in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears and ordered to pay $9.25 million in damages. The jury ruled that the Times defamed Spears based on a 2023 report that falsely linked him as an involved passenger at a fatal shooting site.
- Jury says The New York Times defamed Alabama basketball player with incorrect story about shooting
An Alabama jury awarded $9.25 million in damages after determining that The New York Times defamed college basketball player Kai Spears. Spears had sued the Times because it incorrectly reported him being at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa. In his lawsuit, Spears claimed this inaccurate reporting caused him emotional distress and forever linked him with a murder.