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Southampton Town Justice Barbara Wilson Ordered To Pay $250k To Neighbor

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Barbara Wilson

author on Oct 30, 2019
Barbara Wilson, a Southampton Town and Southampton Village justice, was ordered on Friday to pay her neighbor $250,000 after a State Supreme Court jury found her guilty of defamation of... more

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