CNN settles after $5 million defamation verdict : NPR
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor Friday after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him by suggesting he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from...
CNN Juror Would Have Awarded Up to $100 Million in Punitive Damages
1 day ago · After the jury awarded the $5 million in compensatory damages, the two sides began a separate hearing to determine punitive damages. But after a break, they returned to announce they had settled ...
Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, …
Jan 17, 2025 · The six-person jury ruled Young was awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages such as pain and suffering and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN.
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...
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million
Jan 17, 2025 · A jury in Florida on Friday ordered CNN to pay $5 million for defaming a private security contractor in a five-minute segment that ran on the network in November 2021.
CNN Pays Navy Veteran Undisclosed Defamation Settlement After …
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN paid an undisclosed settlement to a U.S. Navy veteran on Friday after a Florida jury found the network defamed him when it implied he illegally profited from helping Afghans flee the country...
CNN Reaches Settlement With Security Consultant After Jury …
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN has been found liable for defaming a security consultant featured in a report about the black market to evacuate Afghans during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal.
Attorneys reach settlement in CNN defamation case in Bay County
Jan 18, 2025 · Late Friday morning, jurors returned a verdict finding that CNN defamed Young, a former U.S government operative who helped extract people from Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal in 2021....
CNN found guilty for defaming US navy veteran evacuating …
Jan 17, 2025 · The six-person jury decided on Friday that CNN had to pay damages totalling $5m. The settlement will avert a second phase of the trial that would have determined any punitive damages. The verdict ...
CNN Hit With $5 Million Defamation Verdict in Florida Court (2)
Jan 17, 2025 · CNN defamed a former intelligence operative, falsely claiming that he exploited Afghan citizens looking to flee the war-torn country after the US withdrawal in 2021, a Florida jury found. The company then settled with the US Navy veteran Friday, before the jury could assign punitive damages.