MSNBC and NBC News Settle Embarrassing ‘Uterus Collector’ Lawsuit Against Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes Shows 

The on-air personalities aired false accusations that a doctor at an immigration detention facility was conducting mass, involuntary hysterectomies on migrant women.

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Rachel Maddow broadcasts a report from NBC News 'immigration reporter' Jacob Soboroff which alleged that a Georgia doctor was performing unwanted, mass hysterectomies at a detention center for migrants. MSNBC

NBCUniversal is settling a $30 million defamation lawsuit brought by a doctor at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, Mahendra Amin, after MSNBC’s biggest stars aired false accusations that he was a sinister figure known as “the uterus collector” who performed mass, unnecessary hysterectomies on migrant women. 

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