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David Sabatini Wins $6 Million in Sexual Harassment Defamation Suit
Former M.I.T. scientist David Sabatini won a $6 million defamation suit against a former colleague.
The colleague had accused Sabatini of inappropriate behavior.
Sabatini sued over the accusation, and a jury found in his favor.
The case is described as a sexual harassment defamation suit.
Sabatini was once a prominent scientist at M.I.T., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The available information does not say what happens next.
A Suffolk County jury awarded David Sabatini $6 million in damages in his defamation suit against former colleague Kristin Knouse.
The jury found that Knouse had defamed Sabatini and interfered with his ability to make a living.
Knouse had accused Sabatini of coercive conduct and creating a hostile, sexualized workplace in his lab.
The verdict was a rejection of Knouse’s claims in the civil trial at Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.
- Who
- David Sabatini and Kristin Knouse, former colleagues.
- What
- A jury awarded Sabatini $6 million in damages after finding Knouse defamed him and interfered with his ability to make a living.
- When
- Friday; the articles were published on October 17, 2026.
- Where
- Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.
- Why
- The jury found that Knouse defamed Sabatini and interfered with his ability to make a living.
Kristin Knouse
David Sabatini
Conduct and workplace
Kristin Knouse
Knouse said Sabatini subjected her to a coercive relationship and fostered a hostile, sexualized workplace.
David Sabatini
Sabatini sued Knouse, and the jury found she had defamed him.
Sabatini’s civil trial took place at Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.
The jury awarded Sabatini $6 million in damages and found that Knouse had defamed him and interfered with his ability to make a living.
- Damages
- $6 million
- Plaintiff
- David Sabatini
- Defendant
- Kristin Knouse
- Court
- Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston
- Jury
- Seven women and six men