2月14日消息，Kevin O’Leary 在美国佛罗里达州南区联邦法院赢得针对 Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong 的诽谤案缺席判决，获赔总额 280 万美元。法院认定，被告在社交平台发布带有“恶意”的虚假指控与隐私信息，构成严重名誉侵权并适用惩罚性赔偿。
判决显示，O’Leary 获得 75 万美元精神损害赔偿、7.8 万美元名誉损失赔偿，另加 200 万美元惩罚性赔偿。法官指出，O’Leary 作为公众人物，持续从事媒体与商业合作，其声誉受损将直接影响演出邀约与商业关系。专家证词基于涉案帖文的浏览量、折扣受众规模与修复成本，采用估值方法测算名誉损失为 7.8 万美元。
纠纷源于 2025 年 3 月 Armstrong 发布的多条帖文，指控 O’Leary 参与 2019 年一宗致命船艇事故，并在其中一条帖文中公开其私人电话号码，号召粉丝“给现实生活中的杀人犯打电话”。法院查明：O’Leary 当年仅为乘客、未被起诉，其妻子在审理后亦被宣告无罪；事故调查还指出，另一艘船当时未开灯。号码泄露后，O’Leary 接到数百通来电，出于安全考虑每年新增约 20 万美元安保支出，并改变出行与工作动线。
程序方面，O’Leary 于 2025 年 3 月 26 日起诉；3 月 28 日完成送达。Armstrong 多次未按期限答辩，尽管法院给出延期与明确警告，仍未提交回应。书记员于 5 月 6 日录入缺席；10 月 30 日举行损害赔偿听证，Armstrong 仍缺席。其后以被羁押与双相情感障碍为由申请撤销，法院认为其已获充分通知、拖延近一年且将损害原告利益，遂予以驳回。
此案再次警示：在社交平台散布不实指控并“人肉”他人，可能引发高额赔偿与长期法律后果。
当事人包括 Kevin O’Leary、Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong，以及 O’Leary 作为《Shark Tank》投资人的公众身份。
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