Laurie Fine to sue ESPN for libel, says they "spitefully destroyed" her reputation

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This should be interesting!&#xD;&#xA;Geneva, N.Y. -- Laurie Fine will announce this morning that she&#x27;s filing a federal libel lawsuit against ESPN over its reporting of child-molesting accusations against her husband, fired assistant Syracuse University basketball coach Bernie Fine.&#xD;&#xA;Fine&#x27;s lawyers provided the 44-page lawsuit to The Post-Standard this morning, in advance of her news conference at Belhurst Castle, a swanky hotel in Geneva, 50 miles west of Syracuse.&#xD;&#xA;The lawsuit accuses ESPN, reporter Mark Schwarz and producer Arty Berko, of irresponsibly reporting the allegations against Bernie Fine and taking Laurie Fine&#x27;s words out of context to cast her in a false light.&#xD;&#xA;The lawsuit says ESPN, Schwarz and Berko "spitefully destroyed Laurie Fine&#x27;s reputation in an attempt to capitalize financially in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal."&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Good for her, ESPN did some shoddy reporting on this story.

14daroad · Answer

This should be interesting!&#xD;&#xA;Geneva, N.Y. -- Laurie Fine will announce this morning that she&#x27;s filing a federal libel lawsuit against ESPN over its reporting of child-molesting accusations against her husband, fired assistant Syracuse University basketball coach Bernie Fine.&#xD;&#xA;Fine&#x27;s lawyers provided the 44-page lawsuit to The Post-Standard this morning, in advance of her news conference at Belhurst Castle, a swanky hotel in Geneva, 50 miles west of Syracuse.&#xD;&#xA;The lawsuit accuses ESPN, reporter Mark Schwarz and producer Arty Berko, of irresponsibly reporting the allegations against Bernie Fine and taking Laurie Fine&#x27;s words out of context to cast her in a false light.&#xD;&#xA;The lawsuit says ESPN, Schwarz and Berko "spitefully destroyed Laurie Fine&#x27;s reputation in an attempt to capitalize financially in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal."&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Good for her, ESPN did some shoddy reporting on this story.

Renton · Answer

She should also sue ESPN &amp; Covers for hiring SJP.Employing SJP, allowing (s)him to defraud people is a far bigger atrocity.

HutchEmAll · Answer

Gee, I wonder if they will settle and Laurie Fine will get a lot of money.

THEMUGG · Answer

Never heard of her............what kind of reputation did she have?

packers1992 · Answer

she supposedly said on a hidden camera that she knew her husband was raping kids. 1 thing i remember was the guy said to her at her job he tried to have oral sex with me. And she said i can see why you&#x27;re beautifulShe also was reprted to have slept with 1 of the kids

666LES · Answer

It was reported on one tape that Laurie said that the only thing that Bernie cared about was dick. If that is false she might get paid.ESPN was a little rushed to judgement considering they had been sitting on this story several years.

Laurie Fine to sue ESPN for libel, says they "spitefully destroyed" her reputation

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