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The lawyer for Zachary Young, who is suing CNN in a defamation case, asked if the network thinks "we're all stupid" while addressing jurors during his closing argument in trial on Thursday.
The legal battle is heating up between Navy veteran Zachary Young and Associated Press, with the AP calling Young's suit meritless in court filings.
CNN settled a lawsuit brought by a US Navy veteran over a 2021 segment on evacuations in Afghanistan on ... Florida. A jury awarded the veteran, Zachary Young, $5 million in compensatory damages.
Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran and former U.S. government operative, is accusing CNN of defamation in a case that is currently on trial in Florida.. Why It Matters. Defamation trials are rare ...
Young was featured in a segment on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper on November 11, 2021, about the United States military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is accusing CNN of defamation and libel.
CNN's Alex Marquardt took the stand in the network’s defamation trial on January 13. He responded to accusations from Zachary Young’s lawyers that “everyone” at the network “hated” Young.
During CNN's defamation trial on Tuesday, a lawyer for Zachary Young alleged that a network editor "capitulated to the gods of media". Tom Lumley, national security editor at CNN, provided insight ...
The deposition of Michael Conte, a CNN producer, was played in court on Tuesday. He faced questioning about messages to colleagues, including one where he said Zachary Young had a "punchable face." ...
CNN Center in Atlanta in April 2022. (Mike Stewart/AP) CNN’s Alex Marquardt sent a message to a colleague: “We gonna nail this Zachary Young mf---er.” There were no dashes in the original ...
T he lawyer for Zachary Young, who is suing CNN in a defamation case, asked if the network thinks "we're all stupid" while addressing jurors during his closing argument in trial on Thursday.
Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran and former U.S. government operative, is accusing CNN of defamation in a case that is currently on trial in Florida. Defamation trials are rare in the U.S. due ...