Fox Corp. has privately settled a defamation case with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, according to a letter to the federal judge overseeing the case. The settlement comes days before Dominion Voting System’s sweeping defamation case heads to trial.
Steven Ferdman / Getty Images fileFox Corp. privately settled a defamation case with the Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil last week, according to a letter to the federal judge overseeing the case dated Saturday.
The settlement comes days before Dominion Voting System’s sweeping defamation case heads to trial. The specific broadcast and tweet Khalil challenged are also challenged in Dominion’s suit. Fox canceled Dobbs' well-rated show in February 2021. According to Khalil's filing, he has never had business dealings or ties to the voting system companies Dominion or Smartmatic.
U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton of the Southern District of New York shot down a motion to dismiss the proceedings last year, disagreeing with Fox News’ argument that the broadcast and tweet promoting it were protected by the First Amendment and other legal protections. Khalil was never contacted by Fox Business in its reporting, the order noted, even as he was repeatedly identified as a player in a criminal scheme.
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