Judge dismisses Covington Catholic student's lawsuit against the Washington Post

U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman has dismissed Covington Catholic student Nick Sandman’s lawsuit against the Washington Post:

$250 million Nick Sandmann (of Covington Catholic) lawsuit against Washington Post has been dismissed by a federal judge https://t.co/n9VMokCAxh

— Olivia Messer ? (@OliviaMesser) July 26, 2019

Judge Bertelsman’s conclusion here:

Today U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman threw out #CovingtonCatholic student #NicholasSandmann's libel suit against the @washingtonpost. The same judge is overseeing his lawsuits against @CNN and @NBCNews. pic.twitter.com/nB2YfW1cUp

— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) July 26, 2019

Full ruling here:

Judge dismisses libel suit against @washingtonpost brought by Covington Catholic High School student https://t.co/UpADNruQ6u

Ruling: https://t.co/qzc97lyBXV

— Jonathan Anderson (@jonathanderson) July 26, 2019

Sandman’s lawsuits against NBC and CNN are still pending, but as this is the same judge in both cases, we assume those are about to get dismissed, too:

Fed. judge dismisses Nick Sandmann's defamation suit against Washington Post, finding the "plain language of the article" was not convey the gist that Sandmann had engaged in racist conduct.

Cases against CNN and NBC remain pending. https://t.co/GvnD57btjk

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 26, 2019

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