Editing James Randi (section)

===Other cases===
In 1993, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore found Randi liable for defaming Eldon Byrd for calling him a child molester in a magazine story and a "shopping market molester" in a 1988 speech. However, the jury found that Byrd was not entitled to any monetary damages after hearing testimony that he had sexually molested and later married his sister-in-law. The jury also cleared the other defendant in the case, CSICOP.<ref name="CfYHP">{{cite news|last=West|first=Norris P.|date=June 5, 1993|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-06-05-1993156046-story.html|title=Magician defamed scientist, jury rules|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109031944/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-06-05/news/1993156046_1_byrd-magician-molester|archive-date=November 9, 2014|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=June 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="jIymw">{{cite news|title=Randi Found Guilty of Defamation|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CD802FEBC248&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]]|date=June 9, 1993|access-date=April 20, 2009}}</ref>

Late in 1996, Randi launched a libel suit against a Toronto-area psychic named Earl Gordon Curley.<ref name="jref-curley">{{cite web|url=http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/curley2.htm|title=James Randi: Action initiated ...|last=Randi|first=James|date=December 4, 1996|work=James Randi Educational Foundation Info List|access-date=October 29, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925234219/http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/curley2.htm |archive-date=September 25, 2006}}</ref> Curley had made multiple objectionable comments about Randi on [[Usenet]]. Despite suggesting to Randi on Usenet that Randi should sue—Curley's comments implying that if Randi did not sue, then his allegations must be true—Curley seemed entirely surprised when Randi actually retained Toronto's largest law firm and initiated legal proceedings. The suit was eventually dropped in 1998 when Earl Curley died at the age of 51 of "alcohol toxicity".<ref name="jref-curley2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mindspring.com/~anson/randi-hotline/1998/0025.html|title=Curley Confirmation + Sony Corp. and ESP, More on Theremin|last=Randi|first=James|date=July 8, 1998|work=James Randi Educational Foundation Info List|access-date=October 29, 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328131049/http://www.mindspring.com/~anson/randi-hotline/1998/0025.html|archive-date=March 28, 2007}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2015}}

[[Allison DuBois]], on whose life the television series ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' was based, threatened Randi with legal action for using a photo of her from her website in his December 17, 2004, commentary without her permission.<ref name="swift-medium">{{cite journal|last=Randi|first=James|date=December 17, 2004|title=Another Medium Well Done|journal=Swift|type=Newsletter|access-date=October 29, 2006|url=http://www.randi.org/jr/121704no.html#5|archive-url=https://archive.today/20061230183340/http://www.randi.org/jr/121704no.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2006}}</ref> Randi removed the photo and subsequently used a [[caricature]] of DuBois when mentioning her on his site, beginning with his December 23, 2005, commentary.<ref name="swift-medium2">{{cite journal|last1=Randi|first1=James|last2=Hatchman|first2=Paul|date=December 23, 2005|title=Medium Well Done|journal=Swift|type=Newsletter|access-date=September 20, 2013|url=http://www.randi.org/jr/200512/122305hallelujah.html#i2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224233555/http://www.randi.org/jr/200512/122305hallelujah.html#i2|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2005}}</ref>

[[Sniffex]], producer of a dowsing bomb detection device, sued Randi and the JREF in 2007, and lost.<ref name="jref-Sniffex">{{cite web|url=http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/204/1/#i1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080822214803/http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/204/1/%23i1|archive-date=August 22, 2008|url-status=dead|title=An Encouraging Development|last=Randi|first=James|date=July 25, 2008|work=Swift|publisher=JREF|type=Blog|access-date=October 29, 2008}}</ref> Sniffex sued Randi for his comments regarding a government test in which the Sniffex device failed. The company was later investigated and charged with fraud.<ref name="jref-Sniffex" />