Article: DEL TORO, STONE, WROX SETTLE GRIFFITHS' SUIT FOR $80,000, ON-AIR STATEMENT.(FRONT)

Byline: MARC DAVIS, STAFF WRITER

NORFOLK -- Shock-jocks Henry ``The Bull'' Del Toro and Perry Stone said it was a joke.

Rival disc jockey Tommy Griffiths - Del Toro's former radio sidekick - wasn't laughing. He sued.

Now Del Toro, Stone and their radio station have agreed to pay Griffiths $80,000 to settle a year-old defamation lawsuit.

Del Toro, Stone and their station, WROX 96X-FM, also agreed to broadcast a three-paragraph statement saying they did not really mean Griffiths was a drug addict, even though they implied it repeatedly in broadcasts in late 1995.

The statement says that Del Toro, Stone, WROX and general ...

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