Fox News and Kevin O’Leary Face Defamation Suit Over Claims About Utah Data-Center Critics

Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies and their founders filed a federal defamation complaint against Fox News Network and Kevin O’Leary. The plaintiffs allege that O’Leary repeatedly used Fox appearances to portray them as Chinese-government proxies while defending his proposed Utah AI data-center development. The filing follows O’Leary’s public acknowledgment that he lacked evidence of Chinese funding and Fox’s on-air corrections. Fox says it corrected the record; O’Leary’s attorney has characterized the lawsuit as a cash grab. The allegations and claimed damages remain unproven.