WASHINGTON — The Washington Post has settled a $250 million defamation suit, filed by Nicholas Sandmann, who was defamed by the newspaper in January of last year. After an exclusive report by Cowger Nation, it was revealed that Nathan Phillips, a Native American man beating a drum, approached a group of students from Covington Catholic High School at the 2019 Pro-Life March. The man was followed by at least two other identifiable people in Indigenous style attire. Also around the man, were multiple videographers filming the manufactured encounter.
Following the incident, the mainstream media reported the selectively edited footage of the incident and accused the students of harassing Phillips. These news outlets included: TMZ, CNN, USA Today, CBS, ABC, NBC, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CBS News, Vox, The Huffington Post, Variety, and Slate among others.
On July 24th, Sandmann announced that The Washington Post settled the lawsuit.
On 2/19/19, I filed $250M defamation lawsuit against Washington Post. Today, I turned 18 & WaPo settled my lawsuit. Thanks to @ToddMcMurtry & @LLinWood for their advocacy. Thanks to my family & millions of you who have stood your ground by supporting me. I still have more to do.
— Nicholas Sandmann (@N1ckSandmann) July 24, 2020
In their report of the settlement, The Washington Post‘s Paul Farhi stated, “The Post admitted no wrongdoing in settling with the family of Nicholas Sandmann.”
Claims still exist against ABC, NBC News, CBS, The New York Times, Garnett, and Rolling Stone.
