Veteran gets legal victory in CNN lawsuit, outlet to be in court next year – IOTW Report

Veteran gets legal victory in CNN lawsuit, outlet to be in court next year

Just The News: A U.S. Navy veteran won a legal victory in a lawsuit against CNN when a judge ruled Friday that the network’s expert witness can’t testify that the plaintiff did not suffer financial loss as a result of the CNN story that generated the lawsuit.

Navy veteran Zachary Young filed a lawsuit against CNN in which he alleged the network “destroyed his reputation and business” by smearing him when it ran a story that implied he illegally profited in the “black market” by helping people escape Afghanistan during the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from the country.   

The story ran on Jake Tapper’s show, “The Lead,” in November 2021 and on the CNN website and social media. more

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