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‘MAGA’ teen’s family hires high-profile libel attorney
NY Post ^ | January 25, 2019 | y Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 01/25/2019 8:46:32 AM PST by conservative98

The family of a Catholic school student at the center of a confrontation with a Native American elder in Washington, DC, has hired a high-profile attorney, according to a report.

L. Lin Wood, who is known for aggressively pursuing libel and slander lawsuits against media outlets, “is committed to bringing justice to 16-year-old Nick Sandmann and his family,” the family’s other lawyer, Todd McMurtry, said in a statement, according to WCPO.

The Atlanta-based Wood represented JonBenet Ramsey’s brother in a $750 million defamation suit that accused CBS of ruining Burke Ramsey’s reputation after a TV series suggested he killed his 6-year-old sister.

The terms of the settlement reached this month were not disclosed.

Wood also represented the family of Richard Jewell — who was wrongly accused after the 1996 Olympic park bombing — in a libel case against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

In 2011, the Washington Post described Wood as a trial attorney who has “carved out a successful career representing the high-profile and falsely accused, often seeking eye-popping damages for those he believes have been libeled or slandered in the press.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covington; libel; linwood; maga; mediabias; nativeamericans; richardjewell; trump
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1 posted on 01/25/2019 8:46:32 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Yup! Despite the truth being revealed, this kid will forever be at the point of: “Say, aren’t you the one that attacked that elderly native American?” Possibly anyone named Sandmann might be at risk.


2 posted on 01/25/2019 8:50:06 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: conservative98

Take ‘em to the cleaners!


3 posted on 01/25/2019 8:50:34 AM PST by mowowie
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To: conservative98

Everybody's gonna pay for this. Hahahaha.
4 posted on 01/25/2019 8:51:33 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Good

“Sue the bastards”


5 posted on 01/25/2019 8:53:01 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
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To: conservative98

Enter Sandmann


6 posted on 01/25/2019 8:55:22 AM PST by JZelle
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To: JZelle

Exit light, Enter night.


7 posted on 01/25/2019 8:57:06 AM PST by BipolarBob (Occasional-Cortex " Just because I don't know what Armageddon means, it's not the end of the world".)
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To: rktman

Yep. These smears will follow the kid the rest of his life. College applications, job interviews, etc. He might as well get paid for it.


8 posted on 01/25/2019 9:00:53 AM PST by lodi90
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To: conservative98

I wish the NY Post would stop calling these kids “MAGA teens.” It plays into the Left’s portraying this incident as Trump supporters “getting what they deserve” for wearing “racist” MAGA hats. The hats have absolutely nothing to do with what happened. The vile Black Hebrew Israelites and the PR-seeking “elder” Nathan Phillips would have done exactly what they did even if the kids weren’t wearing MAGA hats.


9 posted on 01/25/2019 9:01:19 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: conservative98
Hopefully, we'll see all individuals and organizations who are directly and indirectly responsible for slander and liable against these kids - sued into oblivion !!

In Jesus name, I pray we see more and more libelous and slanderous anti-Christian, anti-conservative individuals and organizations sued into bankruptcy and obscurity.

10 posted on 01/25/2019 9:09:07 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: conservative98

Good! Sue ‘em into bankruptcy. Burn them down.


11 posted on 01/25/2019 9:14:32 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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To: JesusIsLord

I join you in that prayer


12 posted on 01/25/2019 9:18:00 AM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: rktman

“Say, aren’t you the one that attacked that elderly native American?”
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You forgot to mention he singlehandedly fought every battle in Viet Nam.


13 posted on 01/25/2019 9:21:13 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

MAGA hat teenager is better than putting his name in the headlines again


14 posted on 01/25/2019 9:37:36 AM PST by conservative98
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To: shelterguy
Grrrrrrr😡 Guess it doesn't quite reach the level of "stolen valor". But it sure pisses me off. And the demolibs are still backin' him. But that's what they are good at. Lie til ya die.
15 posted on 01/25/2019 9:41:37 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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It wouldn’t have the same impact if the media said ...refrigerator repairman who got drunk and went AWOL numerous times.

Rambo Recon Ranger sounds way cooler.


16 posted on 01/25/2019 9:47:05 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: conservative98

Good. Sue the butts of the media, the Radical Indians, the black Israelites, specific commentators who ginned up the issue they imagined. It’s the only thing the maniacs will understand. I hope all the lads who were verbally abused get a free college education out of settlements.


17 posted on 01/25/2019 9:54:41 AM PST by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: conservative98

Is there a valid legal defense fund for these kids?


18 posted on 01/25/2019 9:54:59 AM PST by tbw2
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To: conservative98

Is Glory Alred not available?(/s)


19 posted on 01/25/2019 9:55:37 AM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: shelterguy

“.... cooler....” I get it.


20 posted on 01/25/2019 9:56:27 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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