Ex-Alabama guard Kai Spears won a $9.25 million verdict against the New York Times, the outlet’s first loss in a defamation suit in 50 years.

An Alabama jury finds The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa.

A jury sided with former University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears in his multimillion dollar defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.