The suit was filed in May by the Marubo Tribe of the Javari Valley, a sovereign community of about 2,000 people in the Amazon rainforest. TMZ argued that its coverage, which followed the Times’ initial reporting, addressed ongoing public controversies and matters of public interest. The suit claimed stories by TMZ and Yahoo amplified and sensationalized the Times’ reporting and smeared the tribe in the process. Messages seeking comment from attorney N. Micheli Quadros, who represents the tribe, Marubo and Dutra were not immediately answered Wednesday. There was no hint of this in the forest, and there was no suggestion of it in The New York Times’s article.”Nicas wrote that he spent a week with the Marubo tribe.

Source: The Times September 18, 2025 10:48 UTC