Ryan Zimmerman’s defamation lawsuit against Al Jazeera America and multiple other parties moved into U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday, when a joint motion hearing took place in the courtroom of judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The hearing lasted more than two hours and ended with Jackson stating she will issue a written ruling on the defense’s motions to dismiss the suits from Zimmerman, the Washington Nationals first baseman, and Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, who were each named as performance-enhancing drug users in Al Jazeera America’s documentary called, “The Dark Side,” which was published Dec. 26, 2015.