[I]t was nearly three years ago that the [Boston] Herald began a series of critical stories about [Judge Ernest B.] Murphy with a Page 1 piece portraying him as a ''wrist-slapping" judge, who supposedly said of a 14-year-old rape victim, ''Tell her to get over it."
On Jan. 19, the high-stakes libel case between the jurist and the tabloid will begin in Suffolk Superior Court. And jurors will probably hear about [reporter David] Wedge's deposition as part of the plaintiff's effort to portray him not only as a sloppy journalist, but as one who deliberately used false material while callously ignoring the consequences for Murphy.
[Murphy's lawyer, Howard Cooper's] court filings describe Murphy as the victim of a "malicious and relentless campaign of libel unprecedented in the history of this Commonwealth" who had his reputation destroyed, his life threatened, and his family traumatized by Herald coverage and the national publicity that ensued.
Details here from Vermont's Times Argus.