Chris Kyle trial: Jesse Ventura wins $1.8 million in defamation case

That's a good point, but the larger issue is whether or not a former wrestling/movie/TV star, who was also a governor of a state, is considered a public figure. George Zimmerman's case against NBC, where NBC even fired the producer who libeled Zimmerman by editing the 911 call, was thrown out of court without even a hearing. Why? Because the judge considered Zimmerman a public figure. Ventura is scum; I hope he's shunned for life by reasonable people.

As SPD posted, Kyle's attorneys made a horrible error by agreeing to a majority verdict. Just dumb on so many levels.

 

I know what the ruling said, but NBC fired the producer that edited the tape to make it seem that Zimmerman was acting as a racist. Seems pretty cut and dry to me, but then again, this is the exact same judge who presided over Zimmerman's murder trial.

 

He filed the lawsuit before Lyle died, his reputation was damaged by those accusations, and he needed to do what he could to clear his name. It doesn't matter than Lyle died.

 

If Ventura had won the lawsuit before Lyle died, should he have given the money back after he was killed? What if some con man stole a bunch of money from you, then was shot and killed, would you drop the lawsuit just because he had a widow? Oh here you go widow, keep my stolen money.