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Former Trump Spokesman Must Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees to G/O Media After Losing Defamation Suit
Jason Miller lost his original suit in 2019
Andi Ortiz | May 23, 2021 @ 3:36 PM
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Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay Gizmodo Media Group almost $42,000 in legal expenses after two failed attempts to sue the company.
In his first legal attempt, Miller claimed a 2018 viral story from the now-defunct website Splinter titled, “Court Docs Allege Ex-Trump Staffer Drugged Woman He Got Pregnant With ‘Abortion Pill ” had cost him his contract as a political commentator for CNN. Miller attempted to secure $100 million from G/O media in the original suit, but a federal judge ruled that story had been accurately reported, making Miller’s claims moot.
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Jason Miller owes G/O Media, formerly Gizmodo Media Group, nearly $42,000 in legal expenses after he tried and failed to sue the company for accurately reporting on legal filings stipulating heâd secretly drugged his pregnant mistress with an abortion pill, the Daily Beast reported. After losing his initial $100 million defamation suit against G/O Mediaâthe parent company of the now-defunct Splinter, which published the storyâMiller tried to revive the case by arguing that the court documents were out of bounds. His claim was rejected by a federal appeals court that âruled that they were protected under New York fair reporting privilege and upheld the 2019 decision,â per the Beast. And last week, to add insult to injury, the former spokesperson for
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