‘Judge Judy’ Sues Parent of Tabloid for Defamation

The story claimed the popular TV jurist was trying to help Lyle and Erik Menendez get a retrial of their convictions for murdering their parents in 1989.
‘Judge Judy’ Sues Parent of Tabloid for Defamation
"Judge Judy" Sheindlin arrives at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on May 5, 2019. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
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“Judge Judy” Sheindlin has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly for a story alleging she was trying to help the Menendez brothers get a new trial decades after they were convicted of murdering their parents.

On April 10, InTouch Weekly published the story on its website with the headline “Inside Judge Judy’s Quest to Save the Menendez Brothers Nearly 35 Years After Their Parents’ Murder,” according to the lawsuit filed in circuit court in Collier County, Florida.

Jana J. Pruet
Jana J. Pruet
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