Fox News Settles Dominion Voting Systems Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million
Event Reviewed Automatically reviewed for factual accuracy, tone, and neutrality. Review does not check claims against cited sources. Last reviewed 27 October 2026.Fox Corporation and Fox News Network settled Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit over 2020-election broadcasts for $787.5 million, acknowledging court rulings that certain claims about Dominion were false.
Settlement reached before opening statements; Fox acknowledges rulings that claims were false.
Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News Network in March 2021 over broadcasts about the 2020 presidential election, seeking $1.6 billion in damages. On 31 March 2023 the Delaware Superior Court ruled on summary judgment motions in Dominion’s favor; Fox Corporation’s quarterly filing describes those rulings as “unfavorable to the Company.”
On 18 April 2023, after a jury had been sworn in and before opening statements, Fox Corporation and Fox News Network agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million. Fox’s statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the next day, said: “We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” The settlement did not include an on-air apology.
Sources
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR). Fox Corporation Form 8-K, Item 8.01, filed 19 April 2023. (2023). Fox Corporation's own filing, signed by Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet D. Dinh. Source for the Release and Settlement Agreement of 18 April 2023 between Fox Corporation, Fox News Network, LLC, and Dominion Voting Systems and affiliates; for the $787.5 million figure; and for the company statement, 'We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion,' which acknowledges 'the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.'
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR). Fox Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended 31 March 2023. (2023). Source for Dominion having sued in March 2021 seeking $1.6 billion in damages; for the court's summary judgment rulings of 31 March 2023, which the company describes as 'unfavorable to the Company'; and for Fox paying approximately $800 million in April 2023 to settle this and a related lawsuit.
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Timm, J. C. (2023). Fox News and Dominion reach $787.5 million settlement in defamation lawsuit. NBC News. Contemporaneous report, dated 18 April 2023. Source for the settlement being announced in Delaware Superior Court in Wilmington, with Judge Eric Davis presiding, after a jury had been sworn in and before opening statements; and for the settlement including no on-air apology.
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