Teenager files defamation lawsuit against CBS News seeking twenty million dollars
A 15-year-old student has sued CBS News for defamation, claiming a broadcast incorrectly linked him to vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
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A Maryland teenager filed a defamation lawsuit against CBS News in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Deadline and TheDesk.net reported. The lawsuit seeks at least $20 million in damages over a report about arrests for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. [1][3]
According to Deadline, the plaintiff is identified as JV, a 15-year-old high school student. His attorneys state that the CBS News report falsely linked him to the arrests made for vandalism last summer, despite police stopping him for a completely different reason. [1]
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is a 2,028-by-167-foot concrete-bottomed pool located on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. It was dedicated in 1922 and holds approximately four million US gallons of water. [6]
The legal challenge comes as Skydance aims to complete its $110 billion merger of Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, and Warner Bros. Discovery, according to The Wrap. Skydance target at least $6 billion in cost reductions across the combined entity while promising to keep CBS News and CNN editorially independent. [2]
In short
- A Maryland teenager filed a $20 million defamation suit against CBS News in federal court.
- The lawsuit claims CBS News falsely linked the teenager to vandalism arrests at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
- Skydance is targeting $6 billion in savings from its $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Teenager Sues CBS News Over Story On Reflecting Pool Vandalism ArrestsDeadline, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]CNN and CBS News Will Stay Separate Under Skydance. But How Much Can They Share?The Wrap, 11h ago
- [3]Teen files $20 million lawsuit against CBS News over vandalism storyTheDesk.net, 5h ago
- [4]New details in text messages between Jane Doe and Cornell fraternity membersCBS News, 1d ago
Background
- [5]Deaths linked to chatbots on Wikipedia
- [6]Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Wikipedia
- [7]Arrest on Wikipedia
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