CNN editors pushed back on ‘infernal story’ at center of a defamation suit to no avail: plaintiff’s lawyer

CNN editors called the segment at the center of a defamation suit an "infernal story," but the network aired it anyway, according to the plaintiff’s attorney.

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Summary judgment oppositions and outstanding CNN financial documents were swapped late Friday evening. Young’s attorney noted that a judge previously ruled the plaintiff has proffered enough evidence to seek punitive damages, so CNN must "convince the court that it has new evidence" in order to stop Young’s case. 

"Of course, CNN has produced no such evidence," Young’s lead counsel Vel Freedman wrote in a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital.