Bill Ackman Threatens Legal Action Against Axel Springer Over Plagiarism Accusations Against His Wife

The accusations came after Ackman led a campaign against Harvard President Claudine Gay, who resigned over plagiarism accusations.

Bill Ackman, US hedge fund tycoon, has threatened to sue Axel Springer, the parent company of Business Insider, over articles accusing his wife, Neri Oxman, of plagiarism in her doctoral dissertation.
Business Insider published two articles accusing Oxman of copying large passages of her dissertation from Wikipedia and other academics. Oxman has admitted to failing to properly credit sources and has apologized for the errors.
Axel Springer launched an investigation into the stories amid concerns they could be viewed as anti-Semitic. The review found no unfair bias or personal, political, and/or religious motivation in the pursuit of the stories.
The plagiarism accusations against Oxman came after Ackman led calls for the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay over accusations of plagiarism. Gay stepped down earlier this month.
Ackman has also tried to involve private equity firm KKR, Axel Springer’s biggest shareholder, in the row.