{"id":1991560,"date":"2023-08-04T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T02:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-refugee-rescuer-suing-cnn-for-libel-wins-right-to-seek-punitive-damages\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T02:21:09","slug":"exclusive-refugee-rescuer-suing-cnn-for-libel-wins-right-to-seek-punitive-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-refugee-rescuer-suing-cnn-for-libel-wins-right-to-seek-punitive-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugee rescuer suing CNN for libel wins right to seek punitive damages in exclusive case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-refugee-rescuer-suing-cnn-for-libel-wins-right-to-seek-punitive-damages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1991560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Hero&#8217;s Journey: From \u200bRescuing Refugees to \u2062Seeking Justice<\/h2>\n<h3>A Former Special Operator&#8217;s Battle Against Falsehoods<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decorated-vietnam-war-veteran-appeals-to-biden-for-medal-of-honor\/\" title=\"Decorated Vietnam War Veteran Appeals to Biden for Medal of Honor\">special operator<\/a> \u2063who fearlessly rescued refugees from the clutches \u2064of the Taliban in 2021 \u2063now finds himself fighting a different kind of\u200b battle. \u2064His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-interests-of-children-have-often-come-dead-last-watch-mcconnell-tear-into-teachers-unions\/\" title=\"\u2018The Best Interests Of Children Have Often Come Dead Last\u2019: Watch McConnell Tear Into Teachers\u2019 Unions\">heroic efforts<\/a> were \u2064overshadowed by a CNN story that he claims was both false and \u200ddefamatory. However, amidst the turmoil, a glimmer of hope emerged as he \u2062achieved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-refugee-rescuer-suing-cnn-for-libel-wins-right-to-seek-punitive-damages\/\" title=\"Refugee rescuer suing CNN for libel wins right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allen-west-americas-unique-freedom\/\" title=\"Allen West: America\u2019s Unique Freedom\">seek punitive damages<\/a> in exclusive case.&#8221;>significant procedural victory<\/a> in a Florida court.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an order that could potentially change the \u200dcourse of his libel lawsuit against\u2063 the network, \u200dJudge William S. Hen granted Zachary Young the right to seek punitive damages. This ruling signifies a\u200c crucial step\u200c forward in his\u200b quest for justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>proceed with his libel lawsuit against CNN, a Florida court recognized the former special operator&#8217;s heroic efforts in rescuing Afghan refugees during the Taliban&#8217;s takeover in 2021. Young claims that a false and defamatory CNN story led to the destruction of his business. This procedural victory marks a significant step forward in his legal battle against the network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":1991561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}