CNN and Jake Tapper's Motions Denied in Defamation Case

Winning: Jake Tapper and CNN Lose Major Motions to Navy Vet in Defamation Suit

Jake Tapper Gets Bad News As Navy Veteran's Defamation Case Against Him Proceeds - The American Tribune.com

A defamation lawsuit brought against CNN host Jake Tapper by a veteran was recently allowed to proceed in a significant legal blow to the media personality.  During coverage of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Tapper had reported on Navy veteran Zachary Young, suggesting that his company was taking advantage of desperate Afghans seeking refuge from war. The latest ruling allows Young to move forward in collecting damages for t…

EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Judge Hands Besieged CNN Devastating Verdict in High-Stakes, Explosive Billion Dollar Defamation Trial With U.S. Navy Veteran

CNN's motion for sumary judgement was dismissed by a federal judge who sided with Navy veteran Zachary Young on several key issues in the defamation case.

CNN Faces Giant Law Suit After ‘Defaming’ Navy Veteran.

Judicial proceedings are set to continue in a case involving Navy veteran Zachary Young, who says cable network CNN defamed him in a 2021 report regarding the evacuation of Afghan families. Young, along with his enterprise Nemex, filed a lawsuit against the network after a segment suggested he charged excessive fees without guaranteeing safety or success during Joe Biden’s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan. The broadcast displayed Young’s imag…

Judge Denies CNN’s Motion To Toss Defamation Suit Brought by Navy Veteran

AP Photo/Mike Stewart Florida Judge William Henry sided with a U.S. Navy veteran who is currently seeking damages from CNN for defamation, Friday, giving him the green light to “proceed with his claim for punitive damages.” Veteran Zachary Young accused CNN of defamation, claiming that the network had “destroyed his reputation and business” after it suggested on Jake Tapper’s The Lead that he had illegally profited from the U.S. military’s withd…

Judge Clears Way For Navy Veteran’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over Report On Exorbitant Fees Charged To Afghan Evacuees

A Florida judge cleared the way for a trial to proceed in a case brought by a Navy veteran who sued CNN, contending that the network falsely claimed in 2021 that he exploited Afghan family members by charging exorbitant fees to get them out of the country during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal.