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JonBenét Ramsey's Brother Settles Defamation Lawsuit With CBS

Burke Ramsey reached a confidential settlement with network, the production company and several individuals behind a documentary series that claimed he killed his 6-year-old sister when he was 9.
James Fitzgerald was among the individuals named in the defamation lawsuit settled on Friday. He was one of several purported experts featured in the CBS documentary <em>The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey. </em>

Burke Ramsey, the brother of child beauty-pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey, who was killed more than 22 years ago, settled a defamation lawsuit against CBS Corp. and several others on Friday, his lawyer told NPR.

Ramsey, who was 9 years old at the time of the grisly killing, sued CBS, in 2016 after the network aired a two-day documentary series that included the theory that the boy had slain his 6-year-old sister.

Burke's attorney, Lin Wood,

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