But footage released later showed the Covington students were the ones who were actually being harassed. Sandmann’s attorney Lin Wood has now taken aim at CNN’s Brian Stelter, host of “Reliable Sources,” over his retweet of an analysis by another lawyer who is apparently not connected with the case, Law and Crime reported.
Attorneys for the student at the center of last year’s incident in Washington, D.C. filed a status report with the U.S. District Court in Covington last week indicating their intent to file complaints against Gannett, ABC, CBS, The New York Times and Rolling Stone before March 9th, Fox 19 reported.
The $275 million lawsuit against CNN accused the network of having “brought down the full force of its corporate power, influence, and wealth on Nicholas by falsely attacking, vilifying, and bullying him despite the fact that he was a minor child.”
The lawsuit was among others filed against The Washington Post and NBC Universal for their biased reporting on the incident at the January 2019 March for Life.
In January, CNN agreed to settle with Sandmann as part of a separate $275 million claim. Sandmann and a group of his classmates were vilified online after they were filmed wearing “Make America ...
Wood also launched broadsides at CNN analyst Asha Rangappa – who cited a dollar amount — and the Washington Post’s Dan Zak, who suggested that his paper settled “for a small amount… in order to avoid a more expensive trial,” adding that it’s the “American way.”.
A rep for The Washington Post told Fox News, “Dan’s tweet was taken down because it had no basis in fact. Dan has no knowledge about the agreement.”. CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Post. Filed under cnn , Covington Catholic , lawsuits , settlements , washington post , 7/28/20.
Brian Stelter is a liar. I know how to deal with liars,” Wood said in a tweet. Stelter shared a tweet by Mark Zaid, who speculated about how much money Sandmann walked away with from the settlement. “Those with zero legal experience (as far as I can tell) should not be conjecturing on lawsuits they know nothing about.
Wood filed suit last month against The Washington Post. The suit calls for $250 million in compensatory and punitive damages over the paper's coverage of the confrontation, an encounter that went viral on social media. He told Fox News that the claim against CNN is apt to be even higher.
CNN is likely to be hit with a massive lawsuit worth more than $250 million over alleged “vicious” and “direct attacks” on Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, his lawyer has told Fox News.
Sandmann was one of a group of students from Covington attending the anti-abortion March for Life in Washington, D.C., while Phillips was attending the Indigenous Peoples' March on the same day. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.
Sandmann, then 16, was singled out after footage of his confrontation with Native American activist Nathan Phillips was picked up by CNN and other outlets who claimed the incident was racially motivated. Footage released later showed it was the Covington students who were being harassed.
The Washington Post on Friday agreed to settle a monster $250 million lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann over its botched coverage of his 2019 encounter with a Native American elder. Sandmann declared the victory in a tweet on his 18th birthday. It’s unclear how much the newspaper settled for.
CNN agreed to settle with Sandmann in January this year as part of a separate $275 million claim. Sandmann and a group of his Covington classmates were vilified on social media after they were filmed wearing “Make America Great Again” hats after an anti-abortion rally while being yelled at by demonstrators.
The video appears to have been deliberately edited to portray the Covington students as accosting and disrespecting Phillips. The video was initially pushed through what has been revealed by Breitbart to be a likely Democrat activist controlled, anti-Trump fake Twitter account.
February 8, 2019 ( LifeSiteNews) - One of the attorneys representing Covington High School student Nick Sandmann and his parents confirmed to LifeSiteNews that Native American activist Nathan Phillips, and some of the others who have received notices from the attorneys, “will be sued.”
In January, CNN settled a $275 million lawsuit brought against the network by Sandmann’s attorneys. The lawsuit was among others filed against The Washington Post and NBC Universal for their biased reporting on the incident at the January 2019 March for Life.
The $275 million lawsuit against CNN accused the network of having “brought down the full force of its corporate power, influence, and wealth on Nicholas by falsely attacking, vilifying, and bullying him despite the fact that he was a minor child.”.
A judge ruled to allow the full suit against NBCUniversal to stand, however, after an attempt to have the defamation complaint dismissed. “NBCUniversal created a false narrative by portraying the ‘confrontation’ as a ‘hate crime’ committed by Nicholas,” the lawsuit read, alleging that Sandmann was “an easy target for NBCUniversal ...
“The settlement amount is confidential, but likely was in the millions given the intrusive nature of discovery Sandmann’s attorneys would have into the CNN newsmaking process, ...