Derek Daly files $25M lawsuit against WISH-TV over reporting about Bob Lamey's racial slur

INDIANAPOLIS — Former race car driver and local TV personality Derek Daly filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit Thursday against WISH-TV, claiming the station inaccurately reported his connection to the use of a racial slur.

Last August, WISH-TV fired Daly as a racing analyst and IndyCar expert after saying it had determined he was the source of the racial slur that led to the retirement of long-time Indianapolis Colts broadcaster Bob Lamey.

According to the filing, Daly is seeking punitive damages on top of the $25 million after WISH-TV made “statements which they knew, or should have known, were false and defamatory” and that caused Daly to “suffer damages to his reputation and loss of income.”

Daly, represented by Tim Stoesz of Westfield-based firm Stoesz & Stoesz, filed the suit with Hamilton Superior Court on Thursday. WISH-TV parent company Nexstar also was named in the suit. Nexstar is a publicly traded telecommunications company based in Irving, Texas.

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