Temple Basketball Coach Loses Again in Defamation Case

A Pennsylvania trial court has reaffirmed its grant of summary judgment to a journalist, who cited an anonymous source in reporting that an assistant basketball coach at Temple University had a substance abuse problem that led to “a theft problem” in the Owls’ locker room.   Specifically, the court found that the plaintiff did not demonstrate “actual malice” on the part of the defendant, nor did the plaintiff show that the report of “a theft problem” prevented him from finding