CNN turns over internal documents as part of high-stakes defamation suit [Video]

FIRST ON FOX – CNN on Thursday night handed over a batch of internal documents to the legal team representing U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young in a high-stakes defamation lawsuit against the news organization, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Young alleges that CNN smeared his security consulting company, Nemex Enterprises Inc., by implying it illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from the country in 2021. Young believes CNN “destroyed his reputation and business by branding him an illegal profiteer who exploited desperate Afghans” during a Nov. 11, 2021, segment on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” 

The document production comes after Judge William Henry agreed with Young’s lead counsel Vel Freedman that CNN should hand over sensitive financial information that the cable network presented to its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, in order to determine CNN’s net worth. 

CNN’s legal team turned over a batch of documents that the plaintiff’s legal team argued are relevant to determine the …