Until April 4 1988 the highest libel judgment ultimately confirmed by the courts was well below $1 million!!! The entire history of US case law... well below 1 million! Then in 1988 SCOTUS allowed a award of $3 million to move forward.. He will get probably $2.4 million, for each settled case and his lawyers can legally only take 30% of that from him. Any libel award you read above $10 million is usually reduced to 0 dollars or half lawyers fees, 6 years later in appellate court. He got 2.4 million tops.