Covington Catholic student settles with CNN over defamation lawsuit

CHRISTIAN TODAY

A Catholic student has reached a settlement with CNN over its coverage of his encounter with a Native American tribal leader at a pro-life rally.

Nicholas Sandmann sued CNN for defamation over its coverage of him and other students from Covington Catholic High School facing off with tribal elder Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC in January 2019. 

The students were in the US capital for the annual March for Life anti-abortion rally.

The confrontation with Phillips went viral on social media, with Sandmann being referred to as “the MAGA hat kid” because he had been wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at the time.

Angry comments were posted about the student on social media, some of which took a violent tone. Continue reading…