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Covington teenager scores first victory in defamation suits against media

By Becket Adams

Published January 7, 2020 11:20pm ET

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Covington teenager scores first victory in defamation suits against media — FILE - This Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, file photo shows Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by Nicholas Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School, accusing the Washington Post of falsely labeling him a racist during an encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File) | (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File)

CNN has settled a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by Nick Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student who members of the press falsely accused in January 2019 of harassing and abusing an elderly Native American protester in Washington, D.C.

It looks like I stand corrected. The Covington teenager may actually negotiate favorable results from the multiple defamation lawsuits he filed against the news organizations that slandered him.

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