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Johnnie Cochran sues New York Post. (lawyer files $10 million suit against newspaper for libel)(Brief Article)
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January 12, 1998
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Famed trial lawyer Johnnie Cochran has filed a $10 million lawsuit, accusing the New York Post of libel.
The lawsuit, filed against the Post's publisher and a writer, Andrea Peyser, is over a column in which she said the famous lawyer "will say or do just about anything to Johnnie win, typically at the expense of the truth."
Cochran contends in the lawsuit that the remarks hurt his reputation and caused him emotional distress.
In the Aug. 29 column titled "Nightmare Team Is Taking Over" Peyser criticized Cochran's decision to represent Haitian ...
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