Climate Scientist Michael Mann Confronts Defamers in Court After 12-Year Delay and Wins - Eos
The trial comes as climate impacts and attacks on science and its practitioners are worse than ever.
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Update, 8 February 2024: A jury unanimously decided in favor of Mann in the lawsuit against Simberg and Steyn. The pair were found guilty of defamation. Mann was awarded more than $1,000,000 in damages.
The defamation trial brought by climate scientist Michael Mann comes to a close this week after Mann, defendants Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn, and several witnesses took the stand. The trial began on 18 January in Washington, D.C., 12 years after Mann first sued Simberg and Steyn, climate change deniers and prominent right-wing voices, for years of defamation.
