CNN settles defamation suit with Covington teen Nick Sandmann

By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


New York Post—CNN has agreed to settle a multi-million dollar defamation suit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann over the network’s depiction of his 2019 encounter with Native American activists.

The network is one of three news outlets named by the 16-year-old Kentucky student in a lawsuit seeking a combined $800 million in damages over what Sandmann claims were an unfair — and damaging — depiction of his encounter with Native American activists in Washington D.C. last January.

It is not known how much CNN is paying to settle the case, according to a report by Fox19 Now.

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