evidence: Did former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines win a $10 million defamation lawsuit against actress Whoopi Goldberg? No, that's not true: As of the time this article was published, Gaines had not filed any lawsuit against Goldberg that resulted in her winning $10 million. The bogus information originated on a satirical website. [...] Riley Gaines won $10 million against Whoopi Goldberg for defaming her reputation, extremely satisfied fans spoke up (VIDEO)-xayah [...] At the time this was written, Snopes had reviewed the same claim and found that the article was based on information from a self-described satirical website (archived here). The website, SpaceXMania, published an article titled "Breaking: Riley Gaines Wins $10 Million 'Defamation Lawsuit' Against Whoopi Goldberg," on October 9, 2023 (archived here), which echoes the claim. However, the "About Us" page of SpaceXMania sets the expectation that the website contains satirical news stories (archived here):