In the original complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant had made certain defamatory statements about them in a January 29, 2024, Substack blog post (the "First Article") regarding Plaintiff Apelbaum being an "Israeli spy." Falsity: ] [T]he evidence presented at trial was sufficient to permit a jury to conclude that the 2024 First Article statements that Plaintiff Apelbaum "is an Israeli spy" were, in fact, false. … The Court notes further that Defendant has provided essentially nothing that would shed light into what exactly Apelbaum was doing in the Hunter Biden laptop affair…. Plaintiff claims that "covering the intrigues regarding Hunter Biden is within the scope of what journalism in the public interest is for." The jury could reasonably have determined that Defendant acted with reckless disregard in deeming Apelbaum an Israeli spy because it served his preconceived notion that Israeli spies were co-opting domestic affairs.