Kathy Scruggs

Kathy Scruggs, the AJC reporter depicted in Richard Jewell movie directed by Clint Eastwood, isn’t alive to defend herself against ‘floozy’ portrayal. In her heyday, Scruggs was a hard-drinking, tough-talking police reporter who wasn’t afraid of anything. Kathleen Bentley is not the first fictional character inspired by Scruggs. Atlanta... Learn about the death of Kathy Scruggs, the real reporter featured in the Netflix show Manhunt: Deadly Games, which is about the Richard Jewell case.

Learn about the death of Kathy Scruggs, the real reporter featured in the Netflix show Manhunt: Deadly Games, which is about the Richard Jewell case. On July 30, 1996, Kathy Scruggs broke the story that the hero security guard who found the bomb at Centennial Olympic Park, Richard Jewell, was the main suspect of the federal investigation into the bombing incident that injured 100 people and killed one. Kathy Scruggs, who died in 2001, was working at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution when she broke a story that the FBI was investigating security guard Richard Jewell for the bombing in Centennial... Kathy Scruggs was the colorful and controversial Atlanta Journal-Constitution news reporter who broke the story that the FBI was investigating hero security guard Richard Jewell in the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics. Scruggs, who was a reporter at Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time of the bombing, broke the story that Jewell was considered a suspect. The film implies Scruggs gave sexual...

Kathy Scruggs, who died in 2001, was working at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution when she broke a story that the FBI was investigating security guard Richard Jewell for the bombing in Centennial... Kathy Scruggs was the colorful and controversial Atlanta Journal-Constitution news reporter who broke the story that the FBI was investigating hero security guard Richard Jewell in the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics. Scruggs, who was a reporter at Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time of the bombing, broke the story that Jewell was considered a suspect. The film implies Scruggs gave sexual... Kathy Scruggs (born in 1958 – died in 2001) was an American Journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a professional reporter at the Atlanta-Georgia Constitution. However, she accused offering sex for confidential information about the Olympics blast case in 1996. Scruggs established connections with the FBI officers. If Kathy was part of some blood-thirsty “fake news” media, she never would have cared enough to let this mistake and the harm she knew Richard Jewell suffered take her to her grave. The reason it ruined her is because she was a real reporter who believed in the truth, in getting the facts right. ATLANTA — The reporter portrayed in the new "Richard Jewell" movie is being defended by the woman who was her roommate at the time of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing.... A report in Independent Mail reveals that the film portrays many fictionalised elements that were not a part of what had happened in reality. However, Kathy Scruggs was dead long before the film came along. The report reveals that Scruggs passed away in. As the film depicts it, Scruggs (played by Olivia Wilde) finds out that Jewell is the FBI’s primary suspect (which he probably never should’ve been) by sexually accosting an FBI... Gugino plays Kathy Scruggs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter who got the scoop and broke the story that Jewell was a suspect. A great deal has already been written about my former AJC colleague Kathy Scruggs (who died in 2001 at age 42) and her work with AJC reporter Ron Martz on the Atlanta Journal front page story reporting that the FBI considered Richard Jewell a suspect.

ATLANTA — The reporter portrayed in the new "Richard Jewell" movie is being defended by the woman who was her roommate at the time of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing.... A report in Independent Mail reveals that the film portrays many fictionalised elements that were not a part of what had happened in reality. However, Kathy Scruggs was dead long before the film came along. The report reveals that Scruggs passed away in. As the film depicts it, Scruggs (played by Olivia Wilde) finds out that Jewell is the FBI’s primary suspect (which he probably never should’ve been) by sexually accosting an FBI... Gugino plays Kathy Scruggs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter who got the scoop and broke the story that Jewell was a suspect. A great deal has already been written about my former AJC colleague Kathy Scruggs (who died in 2001 at age 42) and her work with AJC reporter Ron Martz on the Atlanta Journal front page story reporting that the FBI considered Richard Jewell a suspect. Kathleen “Kathy” Scruggs was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who broke the story that the FBI was investigating security guard Richard Jewell as a possible suspect in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics bombing. Kathy Scruggs (Born 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an American journalist. She was a professional reporter for the Atlanta-Georgia Constitution. However, she accused her of offering sex to obtain confidential information about the fall of the 1996 Olympics. Police reporter Kathy Scruggs broke the biggest story of her career in 1996, but little did she know that it would turn her life upside down. It all goes back to that fateful day at the Centennial Olympic Park hosting the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Kathy Scruggs, the Atlanta newspaper reporter whose reporting on Richard Jewell was controversial, died tragically. Learn more about her cause of death.