Oberlin must pay record $31M award to bakery it defamed as racist, says appeals court

By Greg Wilson | 1 April 2022

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A record $31 million award to a mom and pop bakery that accused a liberal Ohio college of ruining its business with false accusations of racism has been upheld by a state appeals court.

Gibson’s Bakery, a 135-year-old family business near the campus of Oberlin College, was initially awarded more than $40 million in punitive and compensatory damages in the aftermath of a 2016 incident in which the owner’s son confronted three black Oberlin students who were stealing wine from the store. Although the suspects were arrested and later admitted they were shoplifting, the episode touched off school-sanctioned protests and accusations of racism that crippled the store’s business.

“At trial, it was absolutely clear to the jury (as reflected by the verdict) that there was not a shred of truth in the vicious statements about the Gibsons and that the College caused the devastating harm,” the law firm representing the Gibson family said after winning the case. “The truth prevailed.” […]

1 Comment on Oberlin must pay record $31M award to bakery it defamed as racist, says appeals court

  1. That is wonderful. The only way American citizens have any hope of stopping these radical progressive sick twisted people I’d through mountains and mountains of litigation.

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