MSNBC Set For High-Stakes Defamation Trial In ‘uterus collector’ Lawsuit
Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Chris Hayes may be called to witness stand
With CNN’s high-profile defamation loss in the rearview, attention shifts to MSNBC’s looming trial in the $30 million "uterus collector" lawsuit after
Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Chris Hayes’ programs made "verifiably false" statements that a Georgia doctor performed unnecessary hysterectomies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center.
A jury trial is scheduled to kick off on April 22, in Waycross, Georgia.
Plaintiff Dr. Mahendra Amin, an obstetrician gynecologist who provided medical care to women detained at the Irwin County Detention Center, was accused in 2020 of performing unnecessary hysterectomies by a nurse at the facility who made a whistleblower complaint.
NBC published an article despite initial skepticism from the network’s standards department and MSNBC quickly followed with a series of on-air reports in which the doctor was often referred to as the "uterus collector" on September 15, 2020.
However, the whistleblower’s claims were never proven to be true.
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Rachel Maddow and Jacob Soboroff could be called as witnesses in a jury trial scheduled for April 22, 2025, in Waycross, Georgia. (MSNBC/Screen grab)
Dr. Amin filed a lawsuit against parent company NBCUniversal alleging he was falsely portrayed as "an abusive, unethical, and dishonest physician who treated and operated on immigrant women in an abusive fashion, without consent, and motivated by profit instead of quality healthcare."
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District of Georgia ruled that a jury could reasonably find actual malice.
"NBC investigated the whistleblower letter's accusations; that investigation did not corroborate the accusations and even undermined some; NBC republished the letter's accusations anyway," Judge Wood wrote last year in a 108-page summary.
MSNBC is heading to trial in a $30 million "uterus collector" lawsuit over "verifiably false" statements that a Georgia doctor performed unnecessary hysterectomies at an ICE center.
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