Trevino v. Espinosa

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a defamation action in which Rose Espinosa, appellee, was awarded three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) in actual and exemplary damages.

Appellee brought a libel action stemming from the publication of a political newsletter entitled Realidades, which was distributed throughout her hometown. The publication contained a paragraph which undeniably referred to appellee, and reads as follows:

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