CNN and Zachary Young, the Navy veteran a Florida jury found that the network had defamed, reached a settlement late on Friday afternoon, just hours after the initial verdict came down.

A Florida jury found that CNN liable of defaming Navy veteran Zachary Young on Friday, and awarded him a total of $5 million in addition to finding that punitive damages were warranted against the ...

In a rare defamation ruling against a major media outlet, a Florida jury on Friday ordered CNN to pay $5 million in compensatory damages to U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young. The verdict stems from ...

The foreman of the jury that found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young doesn’t believe the network did itself any favors during the high-stakes trial.

CNN on Friday agreed to pay a U.S. Navy veteran an undisclosed sum after ... concluded that CNN’s reporting on the plaintiff, Zachary Young, was egregious enough to warrant punitive damages.

The jury ruled in favor of Zachary Young, who said his reputation and business ... week that he did not produce a “hit piece” on the Navy veteran. He and others with the network argued they ...

CNN has virtually ignored a Friday jury verdict that found it defamed Navy veteran Zachary Young in a 2021 report while also ordering the network to pay him $5 million in compensatory damages.