Former Trump campaign staffer and CNN political commentator Jason Miller lost his defamation lawsuit against Gizmodo Media Group, according to court documents reviewed by TheWrap.
Miller filed a lawsuit against Gizmodo Media Group in October 2018, seeking to recover $100 million in damages after one of the company’s web properties published a story saying he had secretly slipped abortion pills into the smoothie of a former lover.
U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga rejected the argument that the story violated fair report privilege because it was based on a sealed court filing.
“New York’s fair report privilege generally applies to sealed documents,” she wrote.