2nd Circuit Affirms Judgment For Newsweek In Defamation Suit Over Website Article

( May 29, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 28 affirmed a lower court ruling granting summary judgment in favor of Newsweek Digital LLC in a defamation suit related to publishing a website-based story with a quote describing covering up alleged sexual abuse at The Satanic Temple Inc., finding “that The Satanic Temple failed to establish an issue of triable fact as to Newsweek’s actual malice.”...