Covington teenager planning to sue CNN for at least $250M, lawyer says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A lawyer representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann said in a new Fox News interview that Sandmann plans to sue CNN for at least $250 million.

L. Lin Wood, the attorney, said in an interview with Fox News host Mark Levin airing Sunday that they will file the suit early next week, on Monday or Tuesday.

"CNN was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on Nicholas than The Washington Post. And CNN goes into millions of individuals' homes. It's broadcast into their homes," Wood told Levin.

"They really went after Nicholas with the idea that he was part of a mob that was attacking the Black Hebrew Israelites, yelling racist slurs at the Black Hebrew Israelites," he continued. "Totally false. Saying things like that Nicholas was part of a group that was threatening the Black Hebrew Israelites, that they thought it was going to be a lynching."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/covington-teenager-planning-to-sue-cnn-for-at-least-dollar250m-lawyer-says/ar-BBUzPuY?li=BBnb7Kz

As I said before you don't even get $250 million for a wrongful death. Guess they're hoping for an undisclosed settlement which won't even approach that amount.

Someone on another site suggested this is nothing but a right wing funding stunt.

Lawyers in a case like this typically work on contingency. It wouldn't surprise me however to find out there's a "Go fund me" page for this kid.

[at140]

1. Suit will be DOA

1st Amendment!

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Lawyer seems fond of saying " Black Hebrew Israelites" as often as he can.

Not sure what that is about....

[lostnfound]

3. What a snowflake. Nt

[gay texan]

4. well hell if that's the case

i figure Fox News owes me about $14.3 billion

[BigmanPigman]

10. More than that after all these years...

I estimate it is more in the trillions.

[SunSeeker]

5. His filing this obnoxious lawsuit proves CNN was right about him. nt

[Blue_true]

9. Everything that he has done shows that he is a prick.

The kid is going to get woken up once he hits adulthood. People won't tolerate his crap.

[salin]

6. Greed heads. Good luck with that.

BS suit. Politicized law firms know, in my opinon, they will lose - and lose fees; but know they can set up grifty fundraising to pay for their fees - and profit - for the law firm.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Arrogant, greedy Christian.

Arrogant, greedy Christian.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Correction: Mommy and Daddy are seeking a big payday.

Screw the whole bunch of them.

[BigmanPigman]

11. They will donate all of it to their church...

[Jake Stern]

17. H.L. Mencken had it right

“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.”

[MicaelS]

12. All the defense needs to do is..

Bring in a giant picture of the smirking little fucker inside the drummer's personal space.

[pnwmom]

13. This is just a "make me go away" lawsuit. The bar is set very high for this kind

of defamation suit. The boy was already internet-famous before CNN reported on him, so the teen would have to prove actual "malice." Good luck on that.

[Beartracks]

14. "It's broadcast into their homes!!" So, can we sue FOX News. ..

... since they're broadcast into millions of homes and businesses daily airing direct attacks on common sense, truth, and democratic ideals, thus turning a fair portion of the electorate into biased, fearful, morons that are a menace to American democracy?

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[Initech]

15. This piece of shit really needs to go away.

[Doodley]

16. By that logic, Obama should sue Fox for five billion dollars.