CNN report said North Carolina candidate for governor made explicit posts on website’s message board
Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.
The lawsuit, filed in Wake county superior court, comes less than four weeks after a television report that led many fellow GOP elected officials and candidates, including Donald Trump, to distance themselves from Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign. Robinson announced the lawsuit at a news conference in Raleigh.
Ooooh. Discovery, you say?
Bet that will unearth even more Nazi/Porn weirdness.
Sadly it won’t ever get to that phase. This is just so he can claim it’s a lie between now and election day. He’ll quietly drop the lawsuit about a week after the election.
I wish it were required that both parties agree to the lawsuit being dropped for it not to continue. I’d love to see this frivolous bullshit forced into a courtroom against the plaintiffs will by the defendants.
You can counter sue, so we kind of have that system.
His biggest problem is North Carolina has a big Dixiecrat/ Republican base. He was getting a pass due to having a R next to his name. Now, they will vote for a white guy.
Possibly, but I could also see WB countersuing. They really don’t have much to lose there.
I think it’s more likely that he’ll demand to settle or simply drop the lawsuit. Typical SLAPP behaviour.
CNN will likely try to have it dismissed because the legal fees will surely be astronomical.
I assume a company like CNN has a law firm on retainer who is being paid whether or not they’re needed.