CNN settles lawsuit with Covington Catholic student, Nick Sandmann

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Fox 19

COVINGTON, Ky. (FOX19) - CNN agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann.

The amount of the settlement was not made public during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Covington.

Sandmann’s lawsuit sought $800 million from CNN, the Washington Post and NBC Universal.

Trial dates are still not set for Sandmann’s lawsuit against NBC Universal and the Washington Post.

Read more: https://www.13abc.com/content/news/CNN-settles-lawsuit-with-Covington-Catholic-student-Nick-Sandmann-566783491.html

[renate]

1. I'm so tired of nasty people. They ruin everything.

I'm just tired.

[Archae]

2. We're going to see this kid's name again...

After he gets busted for doing dope.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Or, he fucks with the wrong person!

[Deuce]

9. Yep...

[dustyscamp]

14. Trump will probably ask him to speak at one of his rallies

[RhodeIslandOne]

20. He'll be a SC nominee in 2050.

Baron Trump will nominate him.

[kimbutgar]

3. Watch him become an intern this summer in mf45's White House.

[Sloumeau]

4. CNN probably just calculated what their court costs would be and offered him that to go away. :)

[Habibi]

5. I'd like to see this confirmed by CNN or similar outfit.

So far I'm only getting hits for Daily Wire, National Review, and a couple of local-type news stations.

[IcyPeas]

7. another lucky affluenza type kid

rewarding this kid for being an impudent cocky barefaced prick ... from a catholic school no less.

[musette_sf]

8. dammit

Punk is an Anti-American thug who went to a hate march, specifically to advocate for the forcible stripping away of the sacred civil, human, and Constitutional rights of innocent women, participated in more hate... and then gets paid off for it???

[SkyDaddy7]

29. EXACTLY!!!!

It disgust me how profitable Right Wing Hate, Christian Hate & Conspiratorial Hate has become in America! If a Right Wing Christian Conservative Conspiracy NUT JOB POS is not making 10's of millions of dollar$ selling their brand HATE on the TV/Radio/Books then they're suing someone for hurting they're feelings!!!

[Aristus]

10. Affluenza with a helping of "He's a really good kid" strikes again...

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

11. I hope WaPo and NBC don't cave in like CNN did.

That asshole and his smirk don't deserve any lawsuit winnings at all, imo.


He did not have to step right up into that Native American's face, after all, all the protester wanted to do was get by the asshole in order to go up the steps; but the smirking punk stood in his way!

K&R

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. Well, that was stupid

[Initech]

13. What a great message that sends: "if you can't beat 'em, sue."

And sue for ridiculous and ungodly sums of money that you'll never make. That will learn 'em. What a bunch of pathetic snowflakes.

[NonPC]

15. Maybe He Won This One

I think we're going to hear more about this kid. He's emboldened now, and definitely has an attitude problem. On the bright side, he's going to screw with the wrong person at the wrong time soon and get his teeth kicked in -- or worse. (Think of the path that George Zimmerman has forged.) Then we can all cheer.

[Quackers]

16. Well shit, I'm gonna have to break ranks with you guys on this one.

I’m not saying that these kids were completely innocent in this, but it didn’t play out like was originally reported. Even CNN did a report on a longer video surfacing that showed more context including racial and homophobic slurs used against the students.

Here:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/us/maga-hat-teens-native-american-second-video/index.html

[Bonx]

17. Shhh... No one wants to hear that. We're hating here.

[Raine]

21. That's the way I remember it too.. nt

[Hangingon]

23. Q. The media blew this one for a quick headline

[exboyfil]

27. Thanks for pointing that out

A reporter I usually respect (he was one involved with the earlier mysterious Trump server talking to the Russian bank) also piled on.

[MichMan]

30. I was surprised that they identified a minor by name and location

In the vast majority of news stories, those types of things are generally not done.

[OliverQ]

18. So disgusting that little brats like him get set for life

while most people are still suffering.

[machI]

19. I hope he buys a fast car. A really, really fast car.

A 2019 Corvette ZR1 aught to do the trick. Then he needs to take it out on some rural Kentucky back road and show everybody how fast he can go.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. Don't despair,

Sooner or later, this smug, smirking little shit will annoy someone bigger than him and they'll disabuse him of that "superiority" attitude.

[FM123]

31. Yes I really hope so. It is better to learn these things early on in life...

otherwise you grow up and turn into someone like trump.

[onenote]

24. Apparently it hasn't occurred to those doubting this report

that if it wasn't true, CNN would say so?

[YOHABLO]

25. Well whether you agree or disagree with the outcome, the lawyers stand to be the winners.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

26. Probably cost of defense on CNN's part.

MAGA boy gets $10,000, maybe $20,000 tops. His lawyer gets a third of that. Not even enough for a new car.

[onenote]

28. CNN probably had already spent $200K on the case

with the prospect of spending at least $1 million if the case went to discovery and trial.