How much money did Richard Jewell get total?
How much money did Richard Jewell get total?
In December 1996, NBC negotiated a settlement with Jewell for a reported $500,000. CNN and ABC settled, too, as did Piedmont College, which Jewell had sued for allegedly supplying false information.
Did Richard Jewell sue?
He sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the paper that first named him as a possible suspect and compared him to Wayne Williams, a killer believed to be responsible for the Atlanta Child Murders, the New York Times reported. Jewell also sued CNN and NBC and received unspecified settlements from both, CNN reported.
Did Richard Jewell ever recover?
Though eventually cleared in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, Jewell, who was found dead Wednesday at 44, never recovered from the shame of being wrongly linked to the bombing in the news media. Finally, a year ago, he was again hailed as a hero. Gov.
What happened to Richard Jewell after the bombing?
Richard Jewell, the hero security guard turned Olympic bombing suspect, dies at age 44 of natural causes at his Georgia home. On July 27, 1996, during the Summer Games in Atlanta, a pipe bomb with nails went off in crowded Centennial Olympic Park, killing one woman and injuring 111 other people.