In bid to revive defamation suit, Satanic Temple accuses Newsweek of actual malice

MANHATTAN (CN) — The Second Circuit will have the final say in The Satanic Temple’s defamation claim against New York-based weekly news magazine Newsweek, which stands accused of unlawfully disparaging the group with a 2021 article that highlighted claims of sexual abuse.

The Satanic Temple, a nontheistic new religious movement that encourages benevolence and empathy, made its last-ditch effort to save the lawsuit Wednesday, arguing to the Second Circuit that Newsweek acted with “actual malice” in the scrutinized report.

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