{"id":61648,"date":"2016-12-29T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61648"},"modified":"2016-12-29T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:21:32","slug":"jonbenet-ramsey-brother-of-murdered-pageant-star-sues-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61648","title":{"rendered":"JonBenet Ramsey: Brother of murdered pageant star sues CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Burke Ramsey and his father John Ramsey were cleared by prosecutors in 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

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The brother of murdered child beauty pageant star JonBenet Ramsey is suing CBS and TV producers for $750m (\u00a3612m) after being implicated in her death.<\/p>\n

Burke Ramsey said his reputation was ruined after a series called The Case of JonBenet Ramsey suggested he killed his six-year-old sister in 1996.<\/p>\n

Mr Ramsey claimed the TV network, production company Critical Content and expert interviewees conspired to defame him for publicity and profit.<\/p>\n

The US series was aired in September.<\/p>\n

JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family home in Boulder, Colorado, on Boxing Day 1996. She died from a blow to the head and strangulation.<\/p>\n

Police have since collected and studied thousands of pieces of evidence but no-one has been charged with the killing and the case remains open.<\/p>\n

Burke Ramsey was nine at the time. He and parents John and Patsy were all cleared by prosecutors in 2008<\/a> based on DNA evidence. Patsy, herself a one-time pageant queen, died from cancer in 2006.<\/p>\n

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