Jeanine Pirro, Fox News face defamation suit by BLM DeRay Mckesson – IOTW Report

Jeanine Pirro, Fox News face defamation suit by BLM DeRay Mckesson

Fox News Channel and Jeanine Pirro are preparing for a legal battle with Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.

A Sept. 28 appearance on “Fox and Friends” has prompted a defamation lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court against FNC and its “Justice With Judge Jeanine” star. Mr. Mckesson, arguably the BLM movement’s most high-profile activist, claims his reputation as a civil rights leader was sullied by comments Ms. Pirro knew were false.

At issue is the Fox host’s assertion that a Louisiana police officer was injured during BLM protests in July 2016 “at the direction of DeRay Mckesson.”

McKesson and Twitter CEO Dorsey

“These statements of fact are false, and were either known to be false by Defendant Pirro or were made with reckless disregard for whether they were true,” Mr. Mckesson says in court documents obtained Tuesday by TMZ.

Ms. Pirro said on social media that her commentary was informed by a lawsuit brought by an anonymous officer. The case was filed after BLM activists and Mr. Mckesson reached a $136,000 settlement with Baton Rouge police over a different case.  more here

18 Comments on Jeanine Pirro, Fox News face defamation suit by BLM DeRay Mckesson

  1. Oh how I pray that he wins. Because if he does then Trump can turn around and start suing CNN ABC CBS MSNBC and so can Sarah Palin and everybody else
    .. because the precedence has been set

  2. She at least attempted to get it right, which is 90 % more than BLM does. Find any one interview he’s done, and you’ll find assumptions – Fake accusations and outright Lies that will be to their favor !

  3. “These statement of fact are false…”

    Huh? Wait…what? If it’s a fact, then it’s not false, is it? Or is he stoopidly admitting to something? I hope the judge picks up on this little public statement and beats BLM over the head with it in court.

  4. McKeeson is not some random BLM thug. He is actively backed by Soros to organize trouble.

    That is why he has been put up in one of his mansions. Used to be head of Baltimore schools or some shit.

  5. So a guy who has made his name for himself riding a narrative founded on a lie (“Hands up, don’t shoot!”) that destroyed the reputation of an honest police officer is suing Fox for lying about him. Yup, we’re in the upside down.

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