Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann will file lawsuits against five more media outlets regarding a viral incident that took place at the March for Life event in 2019. His attorneys filed a status report with the U.S. District Court in Covington, stating that they are looking to file complaints against ABC, CBS, The New York […]
CNN settled a defamation lawsuit brought against it by Nick Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School. The settlement amount wasn’t made public during the Jan. 7 court hearing in Covington, Kentucky, Fox19 reported. The defamation suit was filed on March 12 by Sandmann’s lawyers and demanded $275 million in damages, alleging that “CNN brought […]
A federal judge in Kentucky dismissed a lawsuit against The Washington Post brought by Nick Sandmann, one of the students of Covington Catholic High School who were in January confronted by a Native American activist, prompting a whirlwind of media coverage, much of which, Sandmann alleged, was defamatory.
CNN delayed telling its viewers it was getting sued for $275 million for more than a week, the Media Research Center (MRC) reported on March 20. The defamation suit was filed on March 12 by lawyers of Nick Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School. However, in the following days, the news outlet appears […]
The Associated Press, NBC, and HBO have been named as the likely next media outlets to be sued by the legal team representing Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann. “Our plan is to come out with an additional lawsuit every few weeks or months. We have to issue opportunities for these news organizations to provide retractions,” attorney […]
The father of a Kentucky high school student who was smeared by a slew of journalists, activists, analysts, and celebrities slammed the media coverage of his son while backing a new bill to address “doxxing,” or the revealing of someone’s private information on the Internet. Nick Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School, was […]
The Washington Post published an editor’s note that admitted sloppy journalism in its reporting of the Covington Catholic High School students’ encounter with Native American activists after the March for Life in Washington. “A Washington Post article first posted online on Jan. 19 reported on a Jan. 18 incident at the Lincoln Memorial. Subsequent reporting, […]
Investigators have concluded that the group of high school students involved in a confrontation in Washington that went viral did not instigate the confrontation. Three groups converged on Jan. 22 in front of the Lincoln Memorial—Covington Catholic High School students, fresh from the March for Life and awaiting buses to take them back to Kentucky; […]
Ahead of a potential defamation lawsuit, lawyers for the Covington Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann sent letters on Feb. 1 to more than 50 people and companies, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, and NPR as well as celebrities such as Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, and Jim Carrey. Sen. […]
The legal team representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, who was confronted by a Native American activist in Washington in mid-January, said they made an important move on Jan. 30. Todd McMurtry, an attorney who is helping represent Sandmann, said that he had a productive day with Lin Wood and Taylor Wilson, who […]
The Kentucky bishop who threatened to expel high school students who were confronted by a religious fringe group and a group of Native Americans in Washington apologized for the threat, claiming he was “bullied” and “pressured” to make the statement. Covington Catholic High School students in the nation’s capital on Jan. 18 were accosted by […]
An archdiocese has apologized for reacting too quickly after an incident involving Kentucky Catholic high school students, blaming the reaction on “incomplete reports.” Following the Jan. 18 incident in Washington, numerous media outlets wrote stories that said students from Covington Catholic High School were mocking Native American activist Nathan Phillips. Phillips, who falsely claimed to […]
A national lawmaker quietly deleted an inaccurate tweet after leaving it up for hours, accumulating tens of thousands of views. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first Muslim lawmakers in the United States, posted on Twitter on Jan. 22, asserting several disproven allegations against Covington Catholic High School students, who were subject to a […]
A prominent voice actor weighed in on the so-called Covington controversy, saying the students in the incident deserved death threats. John DiMaggio responded to an article about Covington Catholic High School students getting a slew of death threats by saying: “I’ve never in my life said ‘Well, those are well-deserved death threats.’ but I’ve also […]
Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, who stood silent while a Native American activist drummed repeatedly within inches of his face and another activist told him to “go back to Europe,” slammed people who claimed his facial expression was racist. A number of liberal analysts claimed that Sandmann, by standing still and smiling, was […]
A member of an obscure religious group who helped spark the incident between Covington Catholic High School students and a group of Native Americans defended hurling obscenities at the students, claiming he was speaking “the word of God.” The Black Hebrew Israelite, who called himself Chief Ephraim Israel, was captured on video with several other members […]
Covington Catholic High School, now known nationwide after its students were involved in an encounter with Native American and Black Hebrew activists on Jan. 18 in Washington, closed for safety reasons on Jan. 22. Due to the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Tuesday would have been the first day back for students […]
President Donald Trump posted on Twitter noting that the students from Covington Catholic High School waiting for their bus in Washington had been “smeared by [the] media.” A short video clip recorded on Jan. 18 of the students interacting with a Native American elder and anti-Trump activist named Nathan Phillips went viral over the weekend, […]
The Native American, anti-President Donald Trump activist whose encounter with a group of high school students went viral rejected a meeting with the students following the Jan. 18 incident. Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby invited Nathan Phillips, the activist, and students from Covington Catholic High School to “break bread and make amends” at one of his […]
A journalist who called for the death of Covington Catholic High School students has been fired. Erik Abriss, who writes for New York Media’s Vulture website, said in a post on Twitter on Jan. 19 that he wanted the students to die. “I don’t know what it says about me but I’ve truly lost the […]
