Posted on 08/02/2019 6:13:19 PM PDT by blam
The twisted tale of the students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky who encountered Native American activist Nathan Phillips back on January 19 took another turn on Thursday, when lawyers for the teenagers involved in the incident filed a defamation lawsuit in Kenton County Circuit Court against 12 of the “most egregious high-profile individuals.”
The filing came just a few days after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on behalf of student Nick Sandmann that could have resulted in the Kentucky teen being awarded $250 million for defamation of character by the Washington Post.
Robert Barnes and Kevin Murphy, the attorneys who launched the new lawsuit, stated: “A field trip to our nation’s capital for a group of minors from Covington, Kentucky, turned into a social media nightmare that changed their futures forever.”
Sandmann and other students had attended the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., while many wore red “Make America Great Again” hats when the 65-year-old man approached them, banging a drum right in the student’s face.
“No individual plaintiff seeks damages from any defendant in excess of the cost of a four-year tuition at the University of Kentucky,” the document stated. “Plaintiffs file this complaint for neither fame nor fortune; they bring this suit to protect future families from experiencing the nightmare the defendants caused these kids to experience.”
The suit declared:
Several of our Senators, most-famous celebrities and widely read journalists collectively used their social media platforms, perceived higher credibility and public followings to lie and libel minors they never met based on an event they never witnessed.
The defendants circulated false statements about them to millions of people around the world. The video of the entire event, known to the defendants, exposed all of their factual claims against the kids as lies.
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The day after this hit the fan, Jamie Lee Curtis expressed that she made a huge mistake after seeing the full video. She encouraged everyone to back off and say that they were wrong. They did not. They all knew that this was. They deserve everything the y get for perpetuating a lie.
I’m starting to wonder if these lawyers are really working first for their clients or for their own publicity.
I always thought using the word “teen” in a headline was a euphemism
I want to see the 12 names.
Covington Teens Sue ‘Most Egregious High-Profile Individuals’ For Defamation
"The defendants named in the latest suit are Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico), CNN’s Ana Navarro, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, comedian Kathy Griffin, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Reza Aslan (formerly of CNN), Kentucky entrepreneur Adam Edelen, Princeton University History Professor Kevin M. Kruse, activist and journalist Shaun King, Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery and Rewire.News editor-in-chief Jodi Jacobson."
Many thanks.
Many thanks. but I only count 10; but I’m often wrong.
The 10 [if count accurate] constitute a real dog’s breakfast of ‘tarded leftists.
Now I count 12.
Finished both six packs?
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Parsing the sentence into bullet points would be good.
Much like those who complain about posting articles without paragraphs.
The real question is: is it a Dogs’ Breakfast or not?
Unfortunately, I don’t think these kids will see justice. The defense will litigate this case to death. Something else needs to happen to scare these creepy media f***s.
Give me a count here.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2019/08/02/covington-teens-sue-egregious-high-profile-individuals-defamation
At the very least, the defendants are being forced to spend millions.
Haven’t been paying attention and did not know the suit against the WAPO was thrown out by a judge.
Does anyone know if tossing it was based on merit or a technicality so it can be refiled?
given the numbers walking across the border and the new influx of congolese, I won’t bet against her. It’s just a matter off time before Florida, Michigan and Texas are democrat locks.
It was based on twisted, detailed judicial analysis.
[Decide the result; justify using twisted logic]
Bezo has billions.
17 wrong thread
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