Washington Times · Dec 16, 2022
Oberlin College finishes paying $25M judgment in libel suit
A student rides a bicycle on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, March 5, 2013. Oberlin College has completed paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after ...OBERLIN. Ohio (AP) — Oberlin College has completed paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after a shoplifting incident involving three Black students.
The store’s owners, Allyn Gibson and his son, David Gibson, sued Oberlin College in 2017, claiming they had been libeled by the school and their business had been harmed following protests over the shoplifting.