Kesha and Dr. Luke Reach Settlement in Defamation Lawsuit After 9 Years
Gavin Newsom is taking legal action against Fox News.
California’s governor has filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against the conservative media outlet, alleging that Fox—as well as anchor Jesse Watters—had misrepresented him in its reporting of a phone call he had with President Donald Trump in early June over the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles.
“If Fox News wants to lie to the American people on Donald Trump’s behalf, it should face consequences,” Newsom said in a statement to NBC News June 27. “I believe the American people should be able to trust the information they receive from a major news outlet. Until Fox is willing to be truthful, I will keep fighting against their propaganda machine.”
The lawsuit—filed in Delaware, where Fox News is incorporated, and obtained by NBC News—addresses the timeline of the call between Newsom and Trump, which Newsom has stated took place in the early hours of June 7, before Trump sent the military to Los Angeles.
During Watters’ June 10 broadcast, he alleged that Newsom had lied about the call.
