Navy veteran Zachary Young filed a defamation suit against U.S. News & World Report on Wednesday, the third such defamation suit filed after his trial victory against CNN in January. In the complaint filed with Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit in Bay County, Young alleged that U.S. News had defamed him by way of republishing the same Associated Press article he recently sued them for.
The filing, obtained by NewsBusters, reiterated their argument against the AP, noting that, “AP’s article blatantly accused Mr. Young of engaging in criminal human smuggling” (emphasis added in filing).
Adding: “The Article further uses the characterization: “but he said he worked exclusively with deep[1]pocketed outside sponsors” further calling into question the verdict from the jurors in Bay County, the rulings from the Court, and implying that Mr. Young is…
