TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 27, 2020

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk and WTVF NewsChannel 5’s chief investigative reporter Phil Williams both submitted a joint dismissal order to a judge this week, ending their years-long court battle, the Tennessean reports. Funk filed the $200 million libel lawsuit in 2016 after Williams reported on a deal Funk made with David Chase, a Nashville developer arrested on domestic violence charges that were later dropped. Williams also reported on a deposition Chase made during plea deal arrangements in which he suggested Funk was trying to “blackmail” him. After the dismissal order was filed yesterday, NewsChannel 5 posted a statement to its website saying it “never alleged – and never intended to allege or convey – that District Attorney Glenn Funk received an offer of a bribe, solicited, or accepted a bribe in connection with that case.”