Ex-Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleader Wins Lawsuit Against Blogger Who Called Her A Child Molester

July 11 2013, Published 5:16 p.m. ET
Sarah Jones, the shamed former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who was convicted of having sex with a minor won her lawsuit again TheDirty.com founder Nik Richie and a jury awarded her $338,000 in damages.
The 28-year-old said in her defamation lawsuit that two posts on Nik Richie’s website claimed she had sex with multiple Bengals football players and that she had two sexually transmitted diseases.
She had sued Richie for $11 million and the jury in Covington, Kentucky found that the two posts were substantially false but only awarded her the $338,000 damages.
While on the stand, Nik testified that he posted a picture of a check made out for $11 million to Sarah and put in the memo line “A Child Molester.”
He explained his reason for posting the check and why he wrote that on the memo line.
“Because I just wanted to get it out there that we were awarding a child molester.”
Sarah’s testimony during the trial revealed details about her sordid relationship with a then 17-year-oldformer student, Cody York. She pleaded guilty to sex with an underage minor after their relationship became public but she is now engaged to 19-year-old Cody.