Billionaire Steve Wynn请求最高法院推翻保护媒体免遭公众人物诽谤的裁决。 Billionaire Steve Wynn petitions Supreme Court to overturn ruling shielding media from defamation by public figures.

共和党的亿万富翁捐款人史蒂夫·温 (Steve Wynn) 已经向美国最高法院提出请愿书, 要求推翻1964年"纽约时报诉沙利文"的裁决, Steve Wynn, a billionaire Republican donor, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which protects journalists from defamation lawsuits by public figures unless "actual malice" can be proven. Wynn的请求来自针对美联社2018年性攻击指控报告提出的诽谤诉讼。 Wynn's request stems from a defamation suit against the Associated Press over a 2018 report on sexual assault allegations. 如果成功,这可使公众人物更容易以诽谤罪起诉媒体。 If successful, this could make it easier for public figures to sue the media for defamation.