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The U.S. Navy veteran who successfully sued CNN<\/a> for defamation earlier this year has filed an appeal for his\u00a0defamation suit\u00a0against the Associated Press, accusing the judge of a “lack of judicial decorum” that shows bias.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zachary Young believes he was defamed when AP media reporter David Bauder wrote that “Young\u2019s business helped smuggle people out of Afghanistan” when covering the CNN trial in a January 2025 article.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judge William Henry of Florida\u2019s 14th Judicial Circuit, who also presided over Young\u2019s CNN trial, dismissed his lawsuit against the AP in September. The judge compared Young\u2019s follow-up lawsuit to movie sequels that “should not be made.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

JUDGE TOSSES LATEST DEFAMATION SUITS FROM NAVY VET WHO BEAT CNN, SAYS SOME SEQUELS \u2018SHOULD NOT BE MADE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“In an order that inappropriately compares the criminal accusation of human smuggling to sneaking candy into a movie theater and flippantly refers to the lawsuit as a bad sequel that never should have been made, the court incorrectly determined AP\u2019s accusation that \u2018Young\u2019s business helped smuggle people out of Afghanistan\u2019 was not defamatory,” Young\u2019s appellate counsel Lisa Paige Glass wrote in the filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s legal team also accused the court of “jumbling” the three distinct and sequential stages of defamation analysis and requested a new judge, suggesting Judge Henry has “disdain” for the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Reassignment is warranted to ensure a fair proceeding and maintain the appearance of justice,” Glass wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Henry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Henry was seen as tough but fair throughout the CNN trial and regularly scolded<\/a> CNN lead counsel David Axelrod \u2014 not to be confused with the CNN commentator of the same name \u2014 throughout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NAVY VETERAN WHO PROVED CNN DEFAMED HIM SUES ASSOCIATED PRESS, SAYS HE WAS FALSELY PAINTED AS \u2018SMUGGLER\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The circuit court reduced a false felony accusation to a candy bar analogy. Human smuggling is a federal and international crime. It is not a joke, and it is not a figure of speech. Florida law requires courts to take those words as they are written, and we are confident the First District will restore that basic principle,” Young\u2019s appellate counsel Lisa Paige Glass told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In January, a Florida jury found that\u00a0CNN defamed Young<\/a>\u00a0by implying he illegally profited when helping people\u00a0flee Afghanistan\u00a0on the “black market” during the\u00a0Biden administration’s\u00a0military withdrawal from the country in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Young was awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages, and the jury found that punitive damages were also warranted against CNN.\u00a0A settlement was reached before punitive damages were decided by the jury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CNN DEFAMATION JUROR WOULD HAVE AWARDED NAVY VETERAN \u2018UP TO $100 MILLION\u2019 BEFORE SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

While Henry suggested Young\u2019s claims against the AP are “an attempt to repackage the CNN storyline against a different opponent,” Young\u2019s legal team remains confident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This case is about accountability. When a major news organization tells the world that someone \u2018smuggled people,\u2019 it is making a direct criminal accusation. The law does not allow that to be brushed aside or reinterpreted after the fact. We are confident the First District will correct the error and allow a jury to decide the meaning of those words,” Daniel Lustig, a partner at Pike & Lustig, told\u00a0Fox News Digital<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The AP, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the appeal, has defended its reporting throughout the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“AP\u2019s story was a factual and accurate report on the jury verdict finding in Zachary Young\u2019s favor. We will vigorously defend our reporting against this frivolous lawsuit,” an AP spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/navy-veteran-who-beat-cnn-accuses-federal-judge-bias-ap-defamation-appeal-filing <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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