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Billionaire Adrian Portelli sues former SA minister Andrea Michaels for defamation

Billionaire Adrian Portelli, known as "Lambo Guy," is suing former South Australian minister Andrea Michaels for defamation over comments made about his lottery business, LMCT+. Michaels called the business's practices "terrible" and "awful," implying Portelli defrauded South Australians. The lawsuit follows a court case where LMCT+ was fined for running illegal lotteries, though Portelli was found not guilty.

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US police officers sue Damon and Affleck, claiming Netflix thriller The Rip is ‘too real’
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5/12/2026

US police officers sue Damon and Affleck, claiming Netflix thriller The Rip is ‘too real’

Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller The Rip used too many real-life details in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film-production company owned by Affleck and Damon. Court filings...

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Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real
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5/11/2026

Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real

Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller The Rip used too many real-life details in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film-production company owned by Affleck and Damon. Court filings...

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Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation
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5/5/2026

Trump’s World Liberty Financial venture sues crypto entrepreneur for defamation

Suit alleges that Hong Kong-based Justin Sun engaged in a campaign to ‘torch’ the company’s reputationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit in Florida state court against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, as a dispute escalates between the project and one of its most prominent backers.World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign”. It alleged that Sun had improperly transferred some of his WLFI tokens that come with voting and governance rights to crypto exchange Binance and, separately, that he had placed bets that WLFI would decline in market value, known as short selling. That was part of a coordinated effort to push the token’s market price down as public trading began in September, the lawsuit alleged. Continue reading...

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Trump family’s crypto project sues billionaire backer Justin Sun
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5/4/2026

Trump family’s crypto project sues billionaire backer Justin Sun

World Liberty ⁠Financial, the crypto venture co-founded ⁠by US President Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, in the latest escalation of a dispute ‌between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign” including claims that it said were false. The crypto project – one of several...

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Federal Judge Dismisses Kash Patel's Defamation Lawsuit Against Former FBI Official
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Federal Judge Dismisses Kash Patel's Defamation Lawsuit Against Former FBI Official

A federal judge in Houston dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's 2025 defamation lawsuit against former FBI official Frank Figliuizzi. Judge George Hanks Jr. ruled that Figliuizzi's statement about Patel being 'visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building' constituted rhetorical hyperbole and could not be perceived as stating actual facts. The lawsuit is separate from another defamation case Patel filed Monday against The Atlantic magazine.

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FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic Over Alcohol-Related Reporting
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FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Defamation Lawsuit Against The Atlantic Over Alcohol-Related Reporting

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday he will sue The Atlantic magazine for defamation over a Friday article citing more than two-dozen sources claiming he frequently drinks to excess, sometimes to the point of conspicuous intoxication. The article reported his security detail struggled to wake him due to apparent inebriation and that meetings were rescheduled due to his drinking. Patel called the claims an attack on his character and said he would file the lawsuit Monday. The Atlantic's editor said the magazine stands by its reporting.

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