Right wing Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems after Newsmax falsely claimed Dominion’s voting technology was used to rig the results of the 2020 presidential election, reports The Wrap:
Per a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Newsmax will pay out the settlement in three installments over the next two years, including a $27 million payment already made on Aug. 15, $20 million on or before Jan. 15, 2026, and $20 million on or before Jan. 15, 2027…
In April, Judge Eric Davis ruled that Newsmax ran more than two dozen defamatory and false statements about Dominion following the 2020 election. However, Davis said that a jury would need to decide on whether Newsmax was liable for actual malice and whether Dominion could collect punitive damages. A trial was expected to start later this year.
(Source: The Wrap)