Judge reopens Covington Catholic High student's defamation suit against Washington Post

Fox News ^ | October 28 2019 | Gregg Re

[knighthawk]

A federal judge in Kentucky on Monday partially reopened Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann's $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post, which the same judge dismissed in July.

The new ruling, by District Judge William O. Bertelsman, is based on an amended complaint filed by Sandmann's legal team. The decision permitted Sandmann to obtain documents from The Post during an upcoming discovery process, as his lawyers have sought to argue that the paper negligently covered Sandmann's interactions with a Native American man, Nathan Phillips, while the student wore a red "Make America Great Again" hat and stood outside the Lincoln Memorial in January.

"The ruling bodes well for the NBC and CNN cases, as well," Todd V. McMurtry, one of the lawyers for the Sandmann family, tweeted, referring to other outstanding lawsuits concerning those outlets' coverage of the episode.

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Make Bezo’s ex-wife the world’s wealthiest human.

[Jack Hammer]

The leftist Post f***ed this kid only to score points against a conservative.

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How was the complaint modified?

[rjsimmon]

...Sandmann's interactions with a Native American man, Nathan Phillips

The media changing definitions again. Phillips is an American Indian. Both he and Sandmann are "Native" Americans.

[Openurmind]

“Sandmann’s interactions with a Native American man, Nathan Phillips, while the student wore a red “Make America Great Again” hat”.

And here is the twist and spin. Sandmann exercised absolutely no return interactions at all. It was all one sided and Phillips did all the interaction against Sandmann. Phillips was in his face and well within Sandmann’s personal space. In this line they have implied that just “brandishing” a Red MAGA hat is now a crime and was a threatening “interaction” against Phillips.