CNN defamation trial: Closing arguments made as jury begins to deliberate lawsuit against network
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Lawyers on both sides delivered impassioned closing arguments on Thursday as Zachary Young’s high-profile defamation lawsuit against CNN heads to the jury.
"It was a calculated attack by CNN on his character that has inflicted deep and lasting wounds," Young’s lead counsel Vel Freedman told jurors. Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
"Zak’s ability to walk into a room with pride and being seen as a professional with integrity has been stripped away. His pain and suffering, mental anguish, seeing his name dragged through the mud," Freedman added. "These are injuries that transcend monetary loss. They pierce the soul of who he is, who he was."
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