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Friends of Nolan Wells sue NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation

Owens sued over September Instagram post that suggested trio tampered with evidence in death of Mississippi teen Three friends of Nolan Wells , a Mississippi teen who died after a July boating trip, have sued NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation.

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Both outlets lead on the defamation suit by Nolan Wells’s friends against Terrell Owens. The Guardian US is the only one that foregrounds the September Instagram post and says it suggested the trio tampered with evidence, while The Independent instead adds background on Wells as a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island and was later found dead.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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