在发现TikToker Ashley Guillard错误地将她与2022年的学生谋杀联系起来后,陪审团判给Idaho教授Rebecca Scofield1000万美元。
A jury awarded $10 million to Idaho professor Rebecca Scofield after finding TikToker Ashley Guillard falsely linked her to the 2022 student killings.
爱达荷州联邦陪审团在发现德克萨斯州TikToker Ashley Guillard传播虚假声称将Scofield与2022年在爱达荷州莫斯科刺伤四名学生的死亡联系在一起后,授予爱达荷大学历史教授Rebecca Scofield1000万美元的赔偿金.
A federal jury in Idaho has awarded University of Idaho history professor Rebecca Scofield $10 million in damages after finding Texas TikToker Ashley Guillard liable for spreading false claims linking Scofield to the 2022 stabbing deaths of four students in Moscow, Idaho.
两小时内作出的判决包括750万美元的惩罚性赔偿金和250万美元补偿性赔偿金。
The verdict, reached in under two hours, included $7.5 million in punitive and $2.5 million in compensatory damages.
代表她本人的Guillard多次对TikTok提出虚假的断言,但没有证据证明Scofield与受害人有浪漫关系,并策划了谋杀,尽管Scofield已经不在州,与受害人或犯罪没有任何关系。
Guillard, who represented herself, made repeated false assertions on TikTok without evidence that Scofield had a romantic relationship with a victim and orchestrated the killings, despite Scofield being out of state and having no connection to the victims or the crime.
该案是在Bryan Kohberger认罪之后发生的。 Bryan Kohberger因谋杀被判4年无期徒刑。
The case followed the guilty plea of Bryan Kohberger, who is serving four life sentences for the murders.
陪审团的裁决强调了在悲剧期间传播未经核实的主张的法律后果。
The jury’s decision underscores the legal consequences of spreading unverified claims during tragedies.