{"id":41347,"date":"2025-01-17T17:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41347"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:39:32","slug":"breaking-jury-finds-cnn-committed-defamation-against-navy-vet-zachary-young-cnn-owes-young-5-million-in-emotional-and-financial-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=41347","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Jury Finds CNN \u201cCommitted Defamation Against Navy Vet Zachary Young\u201d \u2013 CNN Owes Young $5 Million in Emotional and Financial Damages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jurors began deliberating after closing arguments were made on Thursday in a defamation lawsuit against CNN.<\/p>\n

The deliberations continued into Friday after the jury remained undecided late Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

BREAKING: Jury finds CNN \u201cCOMMITTED DEFAMATION AGAINST ZACHARY YOUNG.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jury finds CNN owes Young punitive damages.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jury found Young is owed $4 million in financial damages and $1 million in emotional damages by CNN.<\/p>\n

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Jury found Young is owed $4 million in financial damages and $1 million in emotional damages by CNN.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Possible punitive damages incoming\u2026<\/p>\n

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Young attorney Kyle Roche explaining how punitive damages could\/would be determined by how much CNN is worth. That will unfold in Phase II.<\/p>\n

“You will get to decide how much CNN should pay.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Navy Vet Zachary Young sued CNN for defamation over a 2021 report that<\/p>\n

The lawsuit against CNN stemmed from their coverage of Biden\u2019s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, which the court previously determined <\/a>showcased \u201cactual malice, express malice, and a level of conduct outrageous enough\u201d for Plaintiff Zachary Young to seek damages.<\/p>\n

Young, who was offering to transport Afghans out of the country to flee the Taliban in 2021, was accused by Tapper and CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt of running a \u201cblack market\u201d scheme and exploiting \u201cdesperate Afghans\u201d for personal gain while disregarding the dangers and circumstances surrounding the evacuation efforts.<\/p>\n

Tapper even maliciously and sarcastically highlighted Young\u2019s use of the word \u201cunfortunately\u201d in a message to the network about the \u201cextremely limited\u201d availability of evacuations and high demand, as if to imply that Young was benefitting from the situation.<\/p>\n

Young argued that the network intentionally painted him in a bad light and harmed his security consulting company.<\/p>\n

The court wrote in its previous ruling, \u201cYoung proffered CNN messages and emails that showed internal concern about the completeness and veracity of the reporting\u2014 the story is \u2018a mess,\u2019 \u2018incomplete,\u2019 not \u2018fleshed out for digital,\u2019 \u2018the story is 80% emotion, 20% obscured fact,\u2019 and \u2018full of holes like Swiss cheese.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung also proffered a message exchange he had with Marquardt just hours before publication where he advised there were factual inaccuracies in the reporting. CNN published anyway.\u201d The judges also reportedly acknowledged that according to internal communications, the news crew \u201chad little regard\u201d for Young and disparaged him with profane language in private discussions.<\/p>\n

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