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2019-02-05 Home Front: Culture Wars
Alyssa Milano, Elizabeth Warren and Jim Carrey among 50 individuals and media organizations sent letters by lawyers for teen at center of viral Covington Catholic video preparing potential libel lawsuits
The full list can be seen at the link.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Lawyers representing Nick Sandmann sent out the preservation letters on Friday

  • Sandmann was the teen seen smiling at Native American elder Nathan Phillips in the controversial video, which set off weeks of debate and conflicting stories

  • Preservation letters are the first step in possible libel and defamation lawsuits

  • They asked individuals and organizations not to destroy any documents that could be connected to a potential case

  • Kathy Griffin, Savannah Guthrie, Bill Maher were also sent letters, as were outlets including the New York Times, CNN, and TMZ
Covington Teen's Lawyer Releases Brutal 14-Minute Video Showcasing Lies of Nathan Phillips and Media
Posted by trailing wife 2019-02-05 05:30|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 Good. Drain their accounts and hit them where it hurts.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-02-05 10:28||   2019-02-05 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I forecast a run on shredders!
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-02-05 13:00||   2019-02-05 13:00|| Front Page Top

#3 David against Goliath.
Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-02-05 13:21||   2019-02-05 13:21|| Front Page Top

#4 good that this is a civil not criminal matter

if it was criminal, they could use the "Hillary" (I don't remember anything, didn't mean to do it, don't understand these things) defense
Posted by lord garth 2019-02-05 18:54||   2019-02-05 18:54|| Front Page Top

#5 The defendant's lawyers will try to argue the kid became a "public figure" the moment his face turned up on teevee and the intertubes. Half at least of the judges in this country might agree...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-02-05 18:56||   2019-02-05 18:56|| Front Page Top

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