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A federal court of appeals threw out an almost $20 million jury award to the family of Nancy Benoit who claimed Hustler Magazine violated their daughter's right of publicity by publishing nude photographs of her after she was killed by her husband, the professional wrestler Chris Benoit in a double murder-suicide.
A police reality show is protected under the First Amendment because airing an arrest is a matter of public concern, a federal court ruledearlier this week.
