Kent wants Postmedia to pay dud Scud lawsuit costs

Former journalist Arthur Kent wants a judge to award him $1.2 million for his legal costs in a defamation lawsuit against Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Kent, who got the nickname “Scud Stud” while reporting for NBC during the Persian Gulf war, won the lawsuit earlier this year against Postmedia and one of its columnists. The judge awarded him $200,000 in damages for an unflattering article written by Don Martin in 2008. Martin portrayed Kent, who was running for political office, as an out-of-control candidate who was a “dud” on the election trail.