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FAIRFAX v. CBS CORP.

No. 20-1298, No. 20-1299.

2 F.4th 286 (2021)

Justin E. FAIRFAX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CBS CORPORATION; CBS Broadcasting Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Justin E. Fairfax, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CBS Corporation; CBS Broadcasting Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 23, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Tillman J. Breckenridge , BRECKENRIDGE PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Jay Ward Brown , BALLARD SPAHR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: Matthew E. Kelley , BALLARD SPAHR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the opinion, in which Judge Keenan and Judge Quattlebaum joined.

In April 2019, the television news program CBS This Morning broadcast interviews with two women who accused Justin Fairfax, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, of sexual assault. Fairfax denied the allegations and subsequently sued CBS Corporation and CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (collectively, CBS) for defamation and intentional...

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