{"id":1778583,"date":"2022-12-17T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778583"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:49:05","slug":"oberlin-college-finally-pays-36-million-owed-to-local-bakery-they-smeared-as-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oberlin-college-finally-pays-36-million-owed-to-local-bakery-they-smeared-as-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Oberlin College Finally Pays $36 Million Owed to Local Bakery They Smeared as Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foberlin-college-finally-pays-36-million-owed-to-local-bakery-they-smeared-as-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Oberlin College has forked over the $36 million owed to a local bakery after the progressive Ohio school falsely accused the family-operated business of being racist.<\/p>\n<p>The substantial payout was awarded earlier this year after Gibson\u2019s Bakery won a defamation lawsuit against the school that sided with three black students who claimed the store racially profiled them when they were caught stealing from the shop in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that all funds have been disbursed and that the family is continuing with the process of rebuilding Gibson\u2019s Bakery for the next generations,\u201d Brandon McHugh, the Gibson family\u2019s attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/local\/lorain-county\/oberlin-college-completes-payment-gibsons-bakery-defamation-case\/95-ff4da16c-37d1-433f-bc1b-3e1ee219da29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told 3News <\/a>on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely about right and wrong. And to be quite frank, the three students that shoplifted, they admitted their crimes,\u201d adds McHugh. \u201cIt was Oberlin College that could never admit that what they did was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 137-year-old bakery plans to use the money to rebuild the store, which lost a considerable amount of business after the racism accusations and Covid-19 pandemic hit concurrently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would replace the compressors for the refrigerators and replace the fryers and proofers that we use for our dough. I would pay off the mortgages on my properties that I\u2019ve taken out in the past few years. I\u2019d hire back employees and ramp up production,\u201d Lorna Gibson wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/01\/how-oberlins-slander-put-our-family-through-hell\/\">September piece for The Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gibson\u2019s Bakery filed the defamation suit against Oberlin College in 2017, a year after the shoplifting incident where one of the students used a fake ID to try to buy a bottle of wine, while swiping two more bottles, court papers said.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson\u2019s son, Allyn, chased the  trio \u2014 Jonathan Aladin, Endia Lawrence and Cecelia Whettstone \u2014 out of the store, where a scuffle ensued. When police arrived, the students alleged Allyn racially profiled and assaulted them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/gibsons-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors boycott Gibson Bakery and Food Mart in Oberlin, Ohio.\" class=\"wp-image-25047082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Protestors picketed the business after the three thieves claimed they were racially profiled.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chronicle-Telegram\/Bruce Bishop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/09\/oberlin-to-pay-gibsons-bakery-36m-in-defamation-suit\/\">Oberlin College staffer created and distributed flyers <\/a>claiming the family had a \u201cLONG ACCOUNT of RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION\u201d and urged shoppers to boycott the store. Protestors from the school, both students and teachers, picketed outside the Ohio bakery.<\/p>\n<p>The family lost a substantial amount of business because of the allegations, Gibson said, even after the students admitted in 2017 that they hadn\u2019t been racially profiled. They pled guilty to attempted theft. <\/p>\n<p>The Gibsons decided to sue the college because the family\u2019s patriarch, 89-year-old Allyn Sr. \u201cwho had dedicated his life to the business, did not want to die being falsely branded a racist,\u201d Gibson said. Allyn died earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/gibsons-4.jpg\" alt=\"Davis Gibson, left, and his father Allyn Gibson Sr. are seen in an undated photo posted on Facebook by Gibson&#039;s Food Mart and Bakery.\" class=\"wp-image-25047094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/gibsons-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The family sued the school because Allyn Sr., here with son David, said he did not want to die labeled a racist.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Gibson&#8217;s Bakery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oberlin College <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/06\/07\/oberlin-college-fined-11m-in-bakery-racial-profiling-case\/\">was fined $11 million for defamation in 2019<\/a> after finding the college defamed the bakery when the staffer made the flyers, but the school tried to appeal the ruling. In September, the Ohio Supreme Court denied Oberlin\u2019s bid to hear its appeal and ordered it to pay the Gibsons over $36 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely about right and wrong. And to be quite frank, the three students that shoplifted, they admitted their crimes,\u201d McHugh said Thursday. \u201cIt was Oberlin College that could never admit that what they did was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oberlin College has forked over the $36 million owed to a local bakery after the progressive Ohio school falsely accused the family-operated business of being racist. 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