The case revolved around whether the TV segment and article using the phrase black market would lead people to think Young was doing something illegal and or preying on Afghans.

"You lied to the jury, did you not?" Freedman asked. "I did not," Marquardt claimed.

PANAMA CITY — Attorneys reached a settlement agreement on Friday in the defamation case between CNN and U.S. Navy veteran Zachary ... to Devin Freedman, lead attorney for Young, it was a ...

A six-member jury in Bay County, Florida, found the network was liable for defamation because of a segment that aired on “The ...

The story implicated security consultant Zachary Young and his company ... During closing arguments Thursday, Young’s attorney Devin Freedman said Afghans wouldn’t be able to afford the ...

After 8 days of testimony and another 8 hours of deliberation, a local jury came back with their decision in a high-profile ...

Attorneys for CNN and Zachary Young reached a settlement ... 14th Judicial Circuit presided. According to Devin Freedman, lead attorney for Young, it was a strategic decision by his law firm ...

A Florida jury found CNN defamed a security consultant in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people trying to flee Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

A Florida jury on Friday found CNN guilty of libeling a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country.

A Florida jury on Friday found CNN guilty of libeling a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country.

The jury awarded Zachary Young $5 million in compensatory damages and found that the security contractor was also owed punitive damages. The network eventually settled with Young on the punitive ...