Las Vegas Review-Journal
John L. Smith, the Review-Journal's most widely read
columnist, was sued for libel by a resort owner who was named in Smith's book, "Sharks in the Desert." The newsman says: "My family managed to survive childhood cancer and all the medical bills that go with it. But how do you face the sixth-richest man in the world?" He declares assets of $425,400 and liabilities of $15,644,671, including a $15 million potential judgment against him.
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