· CNN reportedly agreed to settle a lawsuit with then then 17-year-old on January 7, 2020 in Kentucky. However, the amount of the settlement was never made public. Sandmann had reportedly filed a $275 million lawsuit against CNN in March 2019. He also filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post the same year, but this was ...
 · The teen, Nicholas Sandmann, terminated lawyer L. Lin Wood from the team representing him in a series of lawsuits that accuse media companies of inaccurately portraying the stand-off at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of a large anti-abortion protest.
 · 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,...
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Nicholas Sandmann, who was featured in a 2019 viral video allegedly engaging in a stand-off with a Native American activist, said in court filings that he no longer wished to be represented by conservative attorney Lin Wood. Wood, who voiced strong support for former President Donald Trump, represented Sandmann in defamation lawsuits ...
Wood, who voiced strong support for former President Donald Trump, represented Sandmann in defamation lawsuits after some media outlets attempted to paint Sandmann as a white supremacist. Sandmann, a student of Covington Catholic High School at the time, was seen wearing a pro-Trump hat during the confrontation.
In a defamation suit, Sandmann sought $275 million in damages from CNN over its coverage of the situation. CNN settled with Sandmann for an undisclosed amount of money in January 2020. The Washington Post settled a similar lawsuit with Sandmann in July 2020. Gannett Newspapers, ABC News and CBS News were also sued in 2020 for defamation by Sandmann.
In the video, Sandmann was shown facing off with Native American activist Nathan Phillips during the 2019 March for Life at the Lincoln Memorial.
Sandmann described Wood's post as a "dumb tweet." When commenters accused Sandmann of showing disloyalty towards Wood, Sandmann wrote, "Your definition of loyalty is equivalent to being blackmailed to support something I disagree with. True loyalty involves criticism when necessary."
According to Reuters, Sandmann announced Wood's ouster in Monday court filings. "I have ended my lawyer-client relationship with Mr. Wood and no longer wish to be represented by him," Sandman wrote in an affidavit.
Sandmann became a minor celebrity in Republican circles. In 2020, Sandmann delivered remarks at the Republican National Convention. Sandmann criticized the media's coverage of the incident. "Advancing their anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-Donald trump narrative was all that mattered," Sandmann said.
Lin Wood helped Sandman win millions of dollars in settlements from CNN and the Washington Post. It seemed like Sandman was all smiles when Lin Wood was winning cases on Sandman’s behalf but things took a sour turn after Sandman called out Lin Wood on Twitter for Lin Wood ’s comments on Mike Pence.
The teen, Nicholas Sandmann, terminated lawyer L. Lin Wood from the team representing him in a series of lawsuits that accuse media companies of inaccurately portraying the stand-off at the Lincoln Memorial on the day of a large anti-abortion protest.
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 ...
Stelter shared a tweet by Mark Zaid, who speculated about how much money Sandmann walked away with from the settlement.
Covington High School student Nicholas Sandmann’s lawyer says that CNN’s Brian Stelter and others committed a “breach of confidentiality agreement” when they tweeted about the defamation cases against their media organizations that were settled for undisclosed sums.
Sandmann filed a $275 million defamation suit against CNN in March 2019, saying the network’s coverage of the student’s encounter with Native American tribal elder Nathan Phillips in January of that year constituted a “vicious attack” against his client.
Other prominent lawyers on Twitter agreed with Zaid, including CNN contributor Asha Rangappa.
Attorney Lin Wood represented Sandmann in two defamation cases against CNN and The Washinton Post over their reporting of Sandmann’s encounter with a Native American tribal elder on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in January 2019. CNN settled the case in January, while the Post settled last week, but details of the cases were made available to TheWrap. Wood went after CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host after he retweeted a post from attorney Mark S. Zaid.
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In an email, Wood told The Enquirer: "I love Nicholas Sandmann, and I wish him the very best going forward.". The split comes several weeks after Sandmann, in social media posts, challenged Wood's statements about now-former Vice President Mike Pence. On Jan. 1, Wood posted on Twitter about Pence being arrested and jailed on charges of treason.
Wood also seemed to predict his firing: “No client had abandoned me but I expect Nicholas Sandmann may do so.” Wood said Sandmann had worked on U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign and could “be feeling the pressure from members of” the campaign.
It was nearly one year ago when high school student Nick Sandmann and his attorney Lin Wood reached a settlement with CNN in the $275 million defamation case against the network. The exact amount of the settlement was never released but attorney Lin Wood said he was just getting started. Then in July the Washington Post also settled ...
That was Thursday. Friday, Sandmann confronted Wood directly after Wood suggested arresting Vice President Pence and executing him.
Wood, the attorney for Sandmann, had a warning for the remaining defendants in an email to Law&Crime:
Everyone knows Covington Catholic High School’s Nick Sandmann sought $250 million in a lawsuit against major news organizations and individuals within their realms. Word that he settled with CNN in January and with the Washington Post last week has raised questions about how much he actually won. Lawyers who have observed the litigation have almost universally agreed it was not anywhere close to $250 million. (The official settlement amount remains confidential.)
And discovery would likely prove Sandmann had little to none. By all indications, he is doing ok, and in fact has become a beloved micro-celebrity in MAGA world.
In a second order, the judge agreed to restore three of Sandman’s claims because it was still theoretically possible he could prevail if certain evidence was discovered. Those three claims involve statements about blocking Phillips: pic.twitter.com/rgj67oRQQY
So dial back the clock a few months ago. At first, the judge in the case dismissed all 33 of Sandman’s claims against the Post, finding no possibility of prevailing. Sandman’s counsel made a plea for reconsideration.
The Twitter thread in question posits that though a judge tossed most of Sandmann’s case, the few remaining claims that remained would not have survived discovery. But since the claims were allowed to remain alive, it would have cost $200,000 or so to defend them. That’s why an insurance carrier, in this supposed version of events, probably threw a lowball offer to prevent spending even more to get the entire case tossed. In other words, the settlement was a business decision that had nothing to do with the merits of Sandmann’s case. Here are the legally relevant portions of the thread, with almost all of its twists and turns of defamation litigation included:
So a lot of people seem to think Sandmann won a meaningful amount of money, but every part of this, from the procedural history, the timing, the announcement, the relevant law, all of it confirms Sandmann was paid mere nuisance value.