CNN settles after $5 million defamation verdict : NPR
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor Friday after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him by suggesting he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from...
CNN Loses Bombshell Defamation Suit After Series of …
Jan 17, 2025 · Before they returned to deliberations to determine punitive damages—money meant to punish CNN and dissuade it from committing defamation in the future—the left-wing network reached a...
Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, …
Jan 17, 2025 · The six-person jury ruled Young was awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages such as pain and suffering and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN.
CNN Juror Would Have Awarded Up to $100 Million in Punitive Damages
2 days ago · After the jury awarded the $5 million in compensatory damages, the two sides began a separate hearing to determine punitive damages. But after a break, they returned to announce they had settled ...
CNN settles with US Navy veteran after defamation verdict
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN settled a lawsuit brought by a US Navy veteran over a 2021 segment on evacuations in Afghanistan on Friday, hours after a jury found the network liable for defaming him.
CNN Reaches Undisclosed Defamation Settlement for Punitive Damages …
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN has reached a confidential settlement for punitive damages with Zachary Young, a military veteran who’d sued the news network over its report that he ran a black market operation that preyed on desperate Afghans trying to flee the country in 2021.
Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in 2021 story | AP News
Jan 18, 2025 · After a Florida jury found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran who helped rescue endangered Afghans, the network reached a settlement on Friday to avoid a punishing order that it pay punitive damages.
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million
Jan 17, 2025 · A jury in Florida on Friday ordered CNN to pay $5 million for defaming a private security contractor in a five-minute segment that ran on the network in November 2021.
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Jury Found It Liable for …
CNN on Friday agreed to pay a U.S. Navy veteran an undisclosed sum after a Florida jury found the network liable for defaming him in a segment about evacuation work in Afghanistan.
CNN Hit With $5 Million Defamation Verdict in Florida Court (2)
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN defamed a former intelligence operative, falsely claiming that he exploited Afghan citizens looking to flee the war-torn country after the US withdrawal in 2021, a Florida jury found. The company then settled with the US Navy veteran Friday, before the jury could assign punitive damages.