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Published: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:35 am
Last Updated: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:44 am
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A judge has thrown out the $5 millionverdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the
NCAA of slander.
Circuit Judge William Gordon granted the NCAA's request for a
new trial in a decision made public Wednesday. He ruled that jurors
in Scottsboro who sided with timber dealer Ray Keller of Stevenson
were swayed by passion or prejudice during the trial last year.
Keller claimed the NCAA slandered and libeled him when it
announced penalties against Alabama in 2002 by referring to him and
others as "rogue boosters," "parasites" and "pariahs."
The NCAA said it never publicly identified Keller, and it
portrayed him as a rabid fan who lost all perspective on the game.
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