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Judge: Defamation Case Against Savannah Host Will Go To Trial
May 12, 2006 at 6:19 AM (PT)
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CUMULUS and Talk WBMQ-A/SAVANNAH host BEN BENNETT's bid to have a defamation case against them dismissed via summary judgement has been rejected by a GEORGIA judge, and the case will go to trial, most likely in JULY.
CHATHAM COUNTY commissioner HARRIS ODELL sued BENNETT (real name ANTHONY CRYSTAL) and CUMULUS for over $10,000 plus punitive damages for comments about ODELL on JUNE 9, 2005, the contents of which are in dispute; the SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS reports that Judge GARY L. MIKELL ruled that the show's contents and the issue of actual malice should be determined by a jury.

