MSNBC host Joy Reid is facing a defamation lawsuit over a social media post about a viral photo.
According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, a woman named Roslyn says Reid used her large social media platform to wrongly accuse her of racist behavior. The photo showed Roslyn wearing a MAGA hat and appearing to shout at a teenage boy. Roslyn says the moment was actually a civil exchange.
The suit says Reid claimed Roslyn showed up at a rally and shouted racial slurs at the boy. Roslyn says that never happened and that Reid “made up out of whole cloth” the accusation that she screamed slurs at a minor.
Reid reportedly apologized and deleted the original post. Even so, Roslyn claims the damage was done, saying she received a flood of hateful messages and death threats. She is seeking more than $75,000 in damages.
These are allegations from a lawsuit and have not been decided by a court.
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