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When did the Hollywood Research trial involving Dorothy Dandridge start?
On Wednesday, May 15, 1957, a Los Angeles grand jury investigating Confidential indicted 11 individuals connected with Confidential, which was published by Hollywood Research Inc.
What fueled the Hollywood Research Trial?
The Hollywood Research Trial was fueled when the magazines published false information provided by hotel maids, clerks, and movie-theater ushers who were paid for their tips.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article on Dorothy Dandridge?
Dorothy Dandridge testified that racial segregation had confined her to her hotel during her nightclub engagement in Lake Tahoe refuting an accusation of fornication with a white bandleader.
Did the Hollywood Research get in trouble for the false info from hotel maids, clerks, and movie-theater ushers who were paid for their tips?
The judge ordered Hollywood Research to stop publishing questionable stories based on paid tips, and this curtailed invasive tabloid journalism until 1971
What did Dorothy Dandridge go to court for?
In 1957, Dorothy Dandridge sued Confidential for libel over its article that described a scandalous incident, fictitious as it turned out, that it claimed occurred in 1950

Question: Did she get ever get back in trouble with the law?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Dorothy Dandridge get ever get back in trouble with the law the Confidential libel case?