John Oliver sued for 'character assassination' on HBO's Last Week Tonight

John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner and the writers of Last Week Tonight are being sued by Republican coal baron Robert E. Murray. The suit, filed in Marshall County, West Virginia, alleges that the show "executed a meticulously planned attempt to assassinate the character of and reputation of Mr. Robert E. Murray and his companies" in a recent episode. It continues: "They did this to a man who needs a lung transplant, a man who does not expect to live to see the end of this case."
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