Zachary Young's lawyer asked if CNN thinks "we're all stupid" while addressing jurors during his closing argument.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young is celebrating the "vindication" he received after a jury found that CNN had defamed him, concluding the intense two-week court battle.

A CNN journalist responded to accusations from Zachary Young's lawyers that "everyone" at the network "hated" Young.

Marquardt even texted a CNN producer saying, 'I'm going to nail that Zachary Young motherf****r.' The producer texted back: 'I'm going to hold you to that, cowboy.' In early January, a jury of six ...

CNN Center in Atlanta in April 2022. (Mike Stewart/AP) CNN’s Alex Marquardt sent a message to a colleague: “We gonna nail this Zachary Young mf---er.” There were no dashes in the original.

Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran, alleges CNN smeared him in a November 2021 report by correspondent Alex Marquardt that first aired on "The Lead with Jake Tapper," suggesting he illegally ...

Young, no relation to the plaintiff, testified he would not hire Zachary Young after CNN aired ... professor and clinical psychologist Dr. John Vincent, was paid by Young's legal team to conduct ...

CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt told a Florida jury Monday that he never had any ill intent while reporting a 2021 story that featured security contractor Zachary Young.

“I reported what I found. Everything in there was factual, accurate and I believe fair.” Zachary Young — a U.S. Navy veteran who had previously worked for military contractors Blackwater and Dyncorp ...