CNN settles after $5 million defamation verdict : NPR
Jan 17, 2025 · A jury found CNN defamed security contractor Zachary Young in a November 2021 report, shown above, about Afghans' fears of exorbitant charges from people offering to get them out of the...
CNN Lawsuit: Jury sides with Zachary Young, gives him money
Jan 17, 2025 · Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran and former director of a veteran-led nonprofit, sued CNN for defamation over a 2021 segment aired on The Lead with Jake Tapper. The broadcast addressed ...
Florida jury finds CNN liable for defaming Navy veteran in Afghan …
Jan 17, 2025 · Zachary Young blamed CNN for destroying his business by showing his face onscreen in a story about a “black market” of smuggling out desperate Afghans for high fees. ... Defamation trials are ...
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. The two-week trial was...
Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, …
Jan 17, 2025 · U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleged that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the "black market" during the Biden administration's...
Navy veteran awarded $5M in CNN defamation lawsuit - The Hill
Jan 17, 2025 · A jury in Florida on Friday found that CNN defamed a Navy veteran with a report on his business that aired in 2021 and awarded him $5 million damages. The plaintiff, Zachary Young, sued the...
CNN found liable in Florida trial for defaming Navy veteran in …
Jan 17, 2025 · A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country. It was an...
CNN found liable in defamation trial against US Navy veteran …
Jan 17, 2025 · A Florida jury found CNN liable on Friday in a high-stakes defamation trial against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, who alleged that the network maligned him as an “illegal profiteer” with...
CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict
Jan 17, 2025 · Security contractor Zachary Young alleges that CNN defamed him in a November 2021 report, shown above, about Afghans' fears of exorbitant charges from people offering to get them out of the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. CNN says it will defend the report in a trial set to start in a Florida court Monday.
CNN Defamation Trial: Zachary Young & Nemex Enterprises Inc. v. CNN
Jan 17, 2025 · A Florida jury found CNN guilty of defaming Navy veteran Zachary Young and awarded him $5 million in damages.