Overview

• NBCUniversal has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Dr. Mahendra Amin, a gynecologist accused in 2020 of performing unnecessary hysterectomies on detained immigrant women at a Georgia ICE facility.
• The lawsuit stemmed from MSNBC reports, including those by Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Chris Hayes, which labeled Amin as the 'uterus collector' based on unverified whistleblower claims.
• A federal judge previously ruled that MSNBC made 39 'verifiably false' statements about Amin, concluding that a jury could find the network acted with actual malice.
• Internal NBC documents revealed doubts among reporters about the whistleblower’s allegations, which were nevertheless aired, leading to the lawsuit filed by Amin in 2021.
• The settlement, reached before a trial scheduled for April, follows other high-profile defamation cases against media outlets, including CNN and CBS.