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MSNBC star Rachel Maddow set for courtroom humiliation over shocking on-air slurs
21 Deb 2025 ~~ By Alex HammerNBCUniversal has agreed to settle a $30 million defamation suit filed by a Georgia gynecologist after on-air talents - including Rachel Maddow - falsely labeled him a 'uterus collector.'
Dr. Mahendra Amin sued in September 2021 after NBCU hosts like MSNBC's Maddow reported claims he performed 'mass hysterectomies' on ICE center detainees with impunity - allegations that later turned out to be false.
Documents filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Thursday show how MSNBC's parent has since agreed to settle - with talks about a number now underway.
'The parties are diligently working to finalize the language of the settlement agreement,' a notice stated, after a Georgia judge already ruled that Maddow, Chris Hayes and Nicole Wallace all made 'verifiably false' statements about the doctor.
The ruling was made in July, and allowed the long-in-limbo case to go to court.
NBC News correspondents Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley also contributed to the reporting, stating the gynecologist, who had been working in a Georgia immigration facility, performed 'mass hysterectomies' on women even when unnecessary.
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the uterus of a woman and renders them infertile. The claims were brought to the NBCU-owned networks by a nurse named Dawn Wooten - who later admitted it was all made up.
Evidence presented during discovery such as texts, emails and conference calls went on to she shed light on NBCUniversal’s questionable editorial standards, and how they failed to halt Hayes, Maddow, and Wallace from airing their unfounded segments.
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In her July ruling, a judge, Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District, found that Maddow, Hayes and Wallace made 39 'verifiably false' allegations about Amin.
The judgment paved the way for pretrial proceedings, which are now at an end following Thursday's filing revealing NBCU's willingness to settle.
The decision comes days after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ordered a federal investigation into Comcast and its NBCUniversal operations, focused on the telecommunication firm's DEI initiatives and practices.
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It also comes days after CNN agreed to settle a defamation suit with an Army vet they erroneously painted as profiting off of the 2021 pullout of Afghanistan - one of Joe Biden's first moves in office.
Maddow, meanwhile, was among those deposed for the Amin defamation suit, which was widely overlooked by mainstream media outlets.
News of the settlement, moreover, was first reported by The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr. A number has not been made public.
Commentary:
MSNBC on air talent. There’s an oxymoron for you.
Maddow has already testified that she’s not a journalist. She’s just an entertainer. So, you know, she's just, she just a Talking Head “saying stuff”.
She should be held personally accountable for this. It is not exactly the first time she has been lying or misrepresenting facts.
MSNBC has already downgraded he salary. No contract renewal and/or firing comes next.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch. Problem is, how long before it's found by DOGE that the taxpayers have been supporting these disinformation networks. I believe Megan Kelly by herself is pulling better ratings.
