CNN settles after $5 million defamation verdict : NPR
6 days ago · CNN correspondent Alexander Marquardt had presented viewers with a LinkedIn message from Young saying it would cost $75,000 to evacuate a vehicle with five or six passengers from Kabul to Pakistan.
Florida jury finds CNN liable for defaming Navy veteran in Afghan …
6 days ago · 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.
Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in 2021 story | AP News
6 days ago · The jury in Panama City, Florida, ruled in favor of Zachary Young following more than eight hours of deliberation and a trial of less than two weeks. Young blamed CNN for destroying his business through a 2021 story on Jake Tapper’s broadcast about a “black market” of extracting desperate Afghans following the Taliban takeover.
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 found liable for $5 million in defamation trial against US
Young, a security contractor who once worked for the CIA, sued CNN in 2022 over a story it ran the year before on private contractors charging desperate Afghans large amounts of money to help ...
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.
CNN reaches $5M settlement with US Navy veteran in defamation …
4 days ago · CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation. The jury found CNN had defamed the US Navy veteran, Zachary Young, by suggesting he was charging “exorbitant prices” to evacuate people from Afghanistan during the US withdrawal in August 2021.
CNN lawsuit: stunning details emerge about concerns over …
Jan 8, 2025 · Navy veteran Zachary Young sued CNN in June 2022, claiming that the segment defamed him and that he was simply charging companies and NGOs to help evacuate their employees.
CNN Settles Defamation Suit After Jury Found It Liable for …
The last-minute settlement of the closely watched media trial came together hours after a six-person jury in Panama City concluded that CNN’s reporting on the plaintiff, Zachary Young, was ...
Navy veteran's defamation lawsuit against CNN, explained - Law …
Oct 24, 2024 · Zachary Young, a Navy veteran suing CNN for defamation just got a procedural win, as the judge in the case ruled he "did not act illegally or criminally."