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CBS News Sued for $20 Million Over Report Linking Teen to Reflecting Pool Vandalism
The lawsuit says CBS aired footage and narration that wrongly suggested the 15-year-old was among five people arrested, and it seeks more than $20 million.
- A 15-year-old Maryland student filed a $20 million defamation lawsuit against CBS News on Wednesday, claiming the network falsely identified him as a suspect in vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- The dispute stems from a June 21 CBS Evening News report that aired footage of the teenager being detained by police, though his June 20 detention involved an electric bike and was unrelated to the vandalism investigation.
- According to the complaint, social media versions of the broadcast amassed at least 1.8 million views across Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, causing the teenager emotional distress after classmates and hockey teammates recognized him from the footage.
- CBS issued a retraction on August 21, stating, "We never should have published this story," though the teenager's attorneys argue the correction failed to adequately remedy the reputational harm.
- Separately, federal prosecutors dropped charges against all others arrested, including Olympian David Hearn, after an inspection revealed the Reflecting Pool damage resulted from faulty contractor work rather than criminal vandalism.
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Total News Sources13
Leaning Left4Leaning Right7Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Right
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources lean Right
59% Right
L 33%
R 59%
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