The Third District Court of Appeal has sided with WPLG TV and ordered Miami Gardens Pastor Eric Readon and his attorneys to pay $73,372.29 plus interest for attorneys’ fees and court costs WPLG incurred.
Miami Gardens pastor files appeal in lawsuit against WPLG, loses
Eric Readon has 15 days to ask appeals court to reconsider
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Now two courts have said that the reporting was accurate.
We have been trying to talk to Readon about his business practices since early 2017, but he refused to talk.
Instead, after several stories aired in 2017, he first filed a $12 million lawsuit against WPLG, then amended it, suing us for $50 million for defamation claiming our investigate reports ruined his reputation.
Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alex Bokor said statements Readon complains about were true by his own admission.
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The judge found no actual malice saying we reported “true facts,” but Readon appealed. The Third District Court of Appeal has now rendered its opinion.