Ammon Bundy Ordered to Pay Over $50 Million in Defamation Suit Against Idaho Hospital

Ammon Bundy and associate Diego Rodriguez were sued by St. Luke's Regional Health for defamation over a smear campaign related to Rodriguez's grandson.
The jury awarded the hospital over $50 million in damages, holding Bundy and Rodriguez accountable.
The defamation suit was filed after Bundy and Rodriguez falsely claimed the hospital "medically kidnapped" Rodriguez's malnourished grandson.
Bundy had urged his followers to protest at the hospital and homes of those involved in the child protection case.
Bundy previously led armed standoffs with law enforcement and an occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon.