Posted on 07/27/2022 5:22:45 PM PDT by Magnatron
U.S. District Eastern Kentucky Court Judge William Bertelsman on Wednesday threw out five media libel lawsuits brought forth by former Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann.
In January 2019, Sandmann was at the center of a viral video that showed him face-to-face with Native American man Nathan Phillips as Phillips banged a drum and sang a traditional song. Sandmann was 16 years old at the time and wore a red "Make America Great Again" cap.
Several mainstream media outlets portrayed the video as racially charged with Sandmann antagonizing Phillips by standing in front of him and smiling. However, additional footage later showed that their confrontation was provoked by a group of Black Hebrew Israelites who hurled racial slurs at him and his fellow students. Phillips was later seen approaching Sandmann as tension rose between the students and the Black Hebrew Israelites.
While Sandmann filed several lawsuits against media outlets that defamed him at the time, Bertelsman dismissed cases against The New York Times, CBS, ABC, Gannett Co. Inc, and Rolling Stone, claiming that media assertions that Sandmann "blocked" Phillips were protected opinions at the time.
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Fox thought the Party membership of the Judge was not important.
The Professional Protester Phillips approached a 15 year old and got in his face.
The article seems to miss this central fact.
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86-year-old Billy “Odious” Bertelsman is a Peanut Boy Carter “judge” who is still stooging for the Left in his dotage.
Check for any Swiss bank accounts of Bertelsman.
I thought he was going to own Rolling Stone instead of that Jann Wenner guy.
...he sniffed down his nose at the plebes.
That ship has sailed. He was able to say he wasn’t guilty until he was found liable. He lost.
Now it’s just a question of how much.
Did a jury find him guilty?
Get some actual documentation and get back to me or STFU.
I wonder if this will affect Kyle Rittenhouse
It appears that Judge William Bertelsman is getting a new beach house.
5.56mm
fortunately he has the money to appeal..
Go get ‘em
Our libel laws were written so they could check the box and say, ok we have one, but they high are extremely hard to win.
Appointed by Jimmah Cahtah. IOW: A real loser.
He’s not out on a limb, this is how they all turn out. When’s the last time you heard of someone winning a libel suit?
Thanks so much to that bunny beating buffoon Jimmuh.
For example, a declarative statement that “Judge William Bertelsman is a pedophile” is actionable if it is untrue.
No, a judge found him liable, just like I told you.
Get some actual documentation and get back to me or STFU.
Do you ever bother researching anything or do you just bluster around?
He wanted a jury trial, as guaranteed in the Constitution, but the judge "deemed" him guilty.
And you're fine with that because you think that you aren't on the menu.
But you are.
If he had the balls to produce the information required by the court he could have his trial.
But, of course, he doesn’t. All he has is bluster.
I’m seeing a pattern…
But we KNOW they had malice. 🤪
He gave them everything he had. The fact that they could find no evidence of any wrongdoing the rabid left wing judge said meant he must have hidden something.
The fact that you believe everything the documented liars of the New York Slimes and Washington Compost tell you speaks volumes about your intelligence/integrity.
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