Report: Sports Personality Sues Rival Host

Baltimore sports talk radio personality Jennifer Royle has filed an $800,000 defamation lawsuit against rival radio host Nestor Aparicio, his companies, Nasty 1570 Sports and WNST Sports Media and two of WNST’s staffers, according to a story by Gary Haber at bizjournals.com.

Royle’s lawsuit, filed March 10 in Circuit Court for Baltimore City, alleges that the 105.7-FM “The Fan” sports reporter was defamed by statements made on air and online by Aparicio and WNST staffers, Glenn Clark and Drew Forrester.

The suit alleges that Aparicio, Clark and Forrester made statements that Royle isn’t qualified for her job, lied on her resume, had “personal, sexual and/or inappropriate relationships” with multiple pro athletes and “that she looks like a stripper.” Those statements were false and made with the intention of hurting Royle’s professional reputation, according to the suit.

The lawsuit alleges that Royle was so upset by those comments she had to seek mental health treatment and take prescription medication to treat what the suit called, “severe emotional distress.” Royle seeks $500,000 in compensatory damages and $300,000 in punitive damages.

Royle, who will co-host 105.7-FM’s new “Baltimore Baseball Tonight” show is a former sports reporter for the YES network in New York. She came to Baltimore in 2010 to work for 105.7-FM and MASN. She has since left MASN. Her last day there was March 23, Royle said in a blog post on the station’s website.

Aparicio, a long-time Baltimore sports talk radio personality, had plenty to say about the case in a post on his blog Wednesday.

Aparicio blasted Royle’s suit as “baseless,” noting that Royle works for Aparicio’s competitors.

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