Carol Burnett V National Enquirer

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Burnett v National Enquirer relates back to Chapter 6: Libel. Burnett must prove that article that was written about her was done with actual malice. FACTS: The year 1976 actress and comedian Carol Burnett was having dinner at a restaurant where later in the evening she would share her dessert with fellow diners and meet Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. In the month of April, the National Enquirer published a four sentence article that accused her of being “drunk and boisterous” in their “gossip column.” Burnett (plaintiff) argued that the National Enquirer’s (defendant) article was utterly false and libelous. In return, the jury presented Burnett with $300,000 in compensatory damages and $1.3 million in punitive damages. The trial court