The two sides met privately but could not reach agreement on the $1.6 billion defamation claim. Legal experts say a settlement to avert a sensational trial is still possible.
In another prominent case, ABC News went to court to fight a lawsuit from a meat producer that accused it of libel for raising safety questions about a beef product known as “pink slime” — but moved to settle after three weeks of testimony. Parent company Disney later, a figure that did not include its insurers’ share, to make the matter go away.
Nancy Erika Smith, the attorney who represented former Fox host Gretchen Carlson in her sexual harassment suit against Ailes, said a trial in the Dominion case would be a “lose-lose proposition” for Murdoch and Fox — a high-risk gamble that might be their best route to avoid a big payout, but also a scenario where they could alienate the many MAGA fans in its audience by publicly acknowledging that Trump’s claims of a stolen election were lies.
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