Why Lou Holtz is suing the Daily Beast

On Wednesday, in a federal district court in Florida, former college football coaching great Lou Holtz sued the Daily Beast and political reporter Betsy Woodruff for defamation.

Holtz’s lawsuit stems from a July 19, 2016, article authored by Woodruff and published online at the Daily Beast, under the false headline, “Lou Holtz at RNC Says Immigrants Are Deadbeats Invading the U.S.” Several months later, The Daily Beast acknowledged their error in an Oct. 7, 2016, update announcing “Holtz did not say that immigrants are ‘deadbeats,’ and we sincerely regret this error.”