Deion Sanders’ $3 Million Defamation Award Against Ex-Wife Tossed

Former NFL and MLB star Deion Sanders’ $3 million defamation award against his ex-wife was thrown out, after a Texas appeals court found he failed to show he incurred any losses due to her statements on social media alleging he abused her.

Sanders’ own testimony that contracts he had entered into were canceled after his wife Pilar published her accusations didn’t show that the contracts were canceled because of her statements, the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District said.

Sanders therefore failed to establish the amount of his claimed damages for loss of reputation, the court said, reversing a lower ...