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CNN settled on punitive damages after the jury found Navy veteran Zachary Young was defamed
The foreman of the jury that found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young doesn’t believe the network did itself any favors during the high-stakes trial.
"I think it may change the way a lot of people look at CNN and maybe not take their news 100% to be correct," Katy Svitenko told Fox News Digital in her first interview.
Last month, Svitenko and five other jurors sided with Young, who had accused CNN of defaming him in a November 2021 report led by correspondent Alex Marquardt. The report implied Young illegally profited when helping people evacuate Afghanistan on the "black market" during the Biden administration's military withdrawal from the Taliban-run country that year.
After the jury reached its defamation verdict and ruled Young could seek punitive damages, Young and CNN reached a settlement.
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Jury foreman in CNN defamation trial speaks out, says network’s staff did more harm than good on witness stand
Katy Svitenko and other jurors found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young during a report that first aired on CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper."