CNN was just handed a slew of legal defeats in the $1 billion defamation case against them. On Monday, Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Circuit Court sided with Plaintiff and Navy veteran Zachary Young on multiple motions against CNN, including compelling them to turn over their journalistic conduct guidelines, compelling them to comply with turning over documents necessary for financial discovery, and – much to the chagrin of CNN’s counsel – a deposition of anchor Jake Tapper.
As NewsBusters previously reported, CNN had filed a motion for a protective order to block Tapper from being deposed. Compelling that deposition during financial discovery was the first issue on the hearing docket. CNN counsel Allison Lovelady insisted that the Plaintiff only wanted a deposition so they could use it to “harass CNN and Mr. Tapper.”
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