CNN Reaches Settlement With Security Consultant After Jury Found Network Liable For Defamation Over Afghan Evacuation Story — Update
: CNN reached a settlement with a security consultant this afternoon, hours after a jury found the network liable for defamation and awarded him $5 million. Judge William Henry announced the settlement as jurors were deliberating in the second phase of the trial,
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CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt defended his story on Zachary Young, a security consultant who charged $14,000 or more to evacuate people from Afghanistan.
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CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict
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A CNN journalist faced questioning over his messages to sources as he took the stand in the network's defamation trial.