A Florida jury found CNN defamed a security consultant in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people trying to flee Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
The jury awarded Zachary Young $5 million in compensatory damages and found that the security contractor should also receive punitive damages for his pain and suffering.
He is suing CNN, accusing the network of defamation and libel. Young's lawyer, Devin Freedman, said Lumley had reservations about the story but he "eventually capitulated to the gods of media." ...