Posted on 02/19/2019 4:53:49 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million
Keith Coffman
3 Min Read
(Reuters) - A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist in a January videotaped incident at the Lincoln Memorial.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kentucky by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann, 16, seeks $250 million in damages, the amount that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com and the world’s richest person, paid for the Post in 2013.
The lawsuit claims that the newspaper “wrongfully targeted and bullied” the teen to advance its bias against President Donald Trump because Sandmann is a white Catholic who wore a Make America Great Again souvenir cap on a school field trip to the March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 18.
The Washington Post’s Vice President for Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly said: “We are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense.”
In a photo that went viral from the incident, Sandmann is seen standing face to face with Native American activist Nathan Phillips. Sandmann stares smiling at him while Phillips sings and plays his drum.
The incident sparked outrage on social media.
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That’ll put a (small) dent in the soon-to-be-former Mrs. Bozos’ settlement.
The Sandman kid makes the far left’s Hogg boy look like a retard. I hope he wins this one.
The Sandman kid makes the far left’s Hogg boy look like a retard. I hope he wins this one.
“Sandmann was not a public figure. The burden of proof for libel against a private citizen is measurably lower than for a public person. He won’t get anywhere near the $250 mil, but I hope he puts a hurt on the Bezos Lie Machine”
Never mind a private person, a MINOR. Don’t be so sure about the money. He has a long life and probably stunted career ahead, always watching his back.
Sandman = Sandmann. I’ve seen it both ways in the fake news “media”.
Lol
There are about 50 suits in the works, I believe.
He needs to sue several other people, too. Especially the ones who called for the death of the students: “put them all in the school and burn it down.”That one could use a criminal prosecution too.
and this is just the first of many dozens of such lawsuits by Nick Sandmann’s attorney, Lin Wood.
Put me on the jury. I’ll double it.
When you slander and libel a minor, the standard is even lower. Jeff you will lose and pay his attorney fees also. Just think of it as another divorce.
“wonder how we can help this kid”
Help him what, count his money?
Negligence or reckless disregard certainly happened .... I also heard somewhere that a case under the defamation law is even "easier" to make for juveniles, which Nick certainly is. Lin Wood is going to be collecting some money from some folks & I'm guessing a lot will settle.
GOOD NEWS!
Soon to be half that
Does that mean that we Trump Supporters could sue Jussie Smollett for defamation of character with punitive damages as a result of his hate crime against us?
Just a thought..........
Let’s aim for reachable goals...like getting Jen Rubin and Ruth ‘Battleaxe’ Marcus sacked to save on payroll.
Equitable restitution would be to seize ownership of WP and transfer ownership to Sandmann. Let him do what he pleases with it.
Fan TAS tic!!!
1/2 of Hollywood should be next. The lawyer threatened to do it, and I glad he is making good on it. As I recall a) Sandmann is a private citizen, therefore has standing for slander / b) they were given a 48 hour period to apologize for their tweets, rants and other public expressions which bullied and endangered this boy.
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