Covington Catholic MAGA teen sues Washington Post for $250 million

By Kia Morgan-Smith

·February 20, 2019

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, a teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos that show youths, possibly from the diocese's all-male Covington Catholic High School, mocking Native Americans at a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP)

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The white teen who was at the center of a stare-down with a Native American elder outside the Lincoln Memorial is now suing The Washington Post for $250 million for defamation of character.

—Nick Sandmann on confrontation with Native American elder: ‘I had every right to do so.’—

Lawyers for Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student who made national headlines when video of him facing off with a Native American activist went viral, are arguing that the newspaper created a false narrative by accusing him of being racist and instigating a confrontation with the man.

Sandmann ironically is asking for $250 million, which is the same amount Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon, paid to acquire the newspaper in 2013, Yahoo reports.

The suit alleges that the Post “wrongfully targeted and bullied” Sandmann in an effort to justify a bias against President Trump.

Sandmann’s attorney, Lin Wood, said more lawsuits are forthcoming and will be filed in the coming weeks.

A video went viral showing Sandmann standing face-to-face with Native American activist Nathan Phillips as he beat a drum, stories circulated widely saying the teen antagonized the man as he stood with a “smirk” on his face.

—President Barack Obama and Stephen Curry keep it real during ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ event for young men of color—

Kristine Coratti Kelly, The Washington Post’s Vice President for Communications said: “We are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense.”