CNN to pay Covington student Nick Sandmann after $275 million lawsuit
Nick Sandmann, the high school student at the centre of a major American race hoax, will be paid by CNN after they smeared him as a racist last year.
Nick Sandmann, the high school student at the centre of a major American race hoax, will be paid by CNN after they smeared him as a racist last year.

Nick Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student at the centre of a major American race hoax, has apparently reached a settlement from CNN after the much-maligned news organization smeared him as a racist last year.
BREAKING: Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann Gets Settlement From CNN After $275 Million Lawsuit https://t.co/HUEH9SwzY0
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra)
According to Fox News 19, “CNN agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann … The amount of the settlement was not made public during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Covington.”
Native American elder Nathan Phillips, teen Nick Sandmann give versions of encounter
Todd McMurtry and Lin Wood, lawyers for Sandmann had filed a $275 million lawsuit against CNN in last March.
The terms of the settlement have yet to be disclosed. Sandmann is also involved in litigation against The Washington Post and NBC.
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