In 1998, Preska presided over a defamation suit brought by Richard Jewell against the "New York Post". Jewell, who was wrongly suspected of being the Centennial Olympic Park bomber, alleged that several articles, headlines, photographs, and editorial cartoons in the newspaper had libeled him. Preska dismissed claims based on a photograph and an editorial cartoon, but allowed the remainder of the claims to proceed. The "Post" subsequently settled the case for an undisclosed sum.