In a court ruling that could have significant repercussions for sports journalism, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke on Thursday denied ESPN and Adam Schefter’s motion to dismiss New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul’s invasion of privacy lawsuit. The denial was part of a bench ruling, meaning an order that Judge Cooke read aloud in court without an accompanying written order. Judge Cooke’s denial, which she will explain in a subsequent written order, paves the way for a future trial. Such a trial would center on Schefter’s highly controversial tweet to his nearly four million followers on July 8, 2015.
Jason Pierre-Paul gets one big step closer to taking ESPN, Adam Schefter to court
