A Florida jury will decide if CNN defamed security contractor. A Navy veteran sued the cable news outlet, claiming that it falsely accused him of taking advantage of Afghans during the 2021 U.S ...

Zachary Young testifies during his defamation case against CNN on Jan..8 in a Panama City, Fla. courtroom. (Jessica Costescu/ Washington Free Beacon) PANAMA CITY, Fla. (CN) — A Florida jury dealt a ...

CNN settled with a security consultant after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from Afghanistan in 2021.

CNN heads to court on Monday to kick off a high-stakes defamation trial that could be costly for the network. U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleges that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally ...

A CNN correspondent at the center of a nefarious report that cost the network at least $5 million for defaming a US Navy veteran is leaving the struggling network.

Alex Marquardt Exits CNN After Defamation Lawsuit Loss Over Afghanistan Withdrawal Report. The departure comes on the heels of a Florida jury awarding a U.S. Navy veteran at least $5 million over ...

CNN has spent nearly two weeks in court defending itself against defamation allegations by a U.S. Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan in 2021. The network’s newsgathering ...

After a lengthy trial in Florida, in which Mr. Marquardt testified and expressed no remorse, a jury found CNN liable for defamation and ordered the network to pay Mr. Young $5 million for financial ...

Zachary Young, the U.S. Navy veteran who was awarded $5 million after a jury found that CNN had defamed him, is now suing the Associated Press in Florida’s 14th Judicial Court. The 15-page ...

Cnn Defamation Trial: ... Florida jury found that CNN had defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young and ruled that Young could seek punitive damages as a result of a November 2021 report by Marquardt.

CNN’s chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, whose 2021 story on a military contractor led to a defamation suit ... a Florida jury awarded $5 million to former CIA operative ...

CNN stood by Marquardt after the verdict. “We remain proud of our journalists and are 100% committed to strong, fearless and fair-minded reporting at CNN, though we will of course take what ...