{"id":126646,"date":"2019-02-19T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=126646"},"modified":"2019-02-19T18:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:41:36","slug":"breaking-nick-sandmann-sues-washington-post-for-250-million-this-is-only-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-nick-sandmann-sues-washington-post-for-250-million-this-is-only-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Sandmann Sues Washington Post For $250 Million: “This Is Only The Beginning.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Attorneys Lin Wood and Todd McMurtry filed their first lawsuit on behalf of Nicholas Sandmann<\/a> against The Washington Post. The lawsuit filed is included below.<\/p>\n

“The suit seeks $250 million in both compensatory and punitive damages,” the announcement states. “Lin and Todd will continue to bring wrongdoers before the court to seek damages in compensation for the harm so many have done to the Sandmann family. This is only the beginning.”<\/p>\n

[WATCH: Nick Sandmann Speaks Out On Viral Encounter With Native American]<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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PLAINTIFF\u2019S COMPLAINT WITH JURY DEMAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOW COMES\u00a0<\/strong>Nicholas Sandmann, by and through his parents and natural guardians, Ted Sandmann and Julie Sandmann, and by and through his counsel, states his Complaint against Defendant, WP Company LLC d\/b\/a\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cthe\u00a0Post<\/em>\u201d) as follows:<\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0is a major American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. which is credited with inventing the term “McCarthyism<\/a>” in an\u00a0editorial cartoon<\/a>\u00a0published in 1950. Depicting buckets of tar, the cartoon made fun of then United States Senator\u00a0Joseph McCarthy<\/a>‘s “tarring” tactics of engaging in\u00a0smear campaigns<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0character assassination<\/a>\u00a0against citizens whose political views made them targets of his accusations.<\/li>\n
  2. In a span of three (3) days in January of this year commencing on January 19, the\u00a0Post<\/em>engaged in a modern-day form of McCarthyism by competing with CNN and NBC, among others, to claim leadership of a mainstream and social media mob of bullies which attacked, vilified, and threatened Nicholas Sandmann (\u201cNicholas\u201d), an innocent secondary school child.<\/li>\n
  3. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0wrongfully targeted and bullied Nicholas because he was the white, Catholic student wearing a red \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d souvenir cap on a school field trip to the January 18 March for Life in Washington, D.C. when he was unexpectedly and suddenly confronted by Nathan Phillips (\u201cPhillips\u201d), a known Native American activist, who beat a drum and sang loudly within inches of his face (\u201cthe January 18 incident\u201d).<\/li>\n
  4. Nicholas stood quietly and respectfully for several minutes after being targeted and bullied by Phillips and Nicholas\u2019 body language remained non-aggressive and passive throughout the incident.<\/li>\n
  5. Nicholas is 16-years of age, is 5\u20199\u201d in height and weighs 115 pounds.<\/li>\n
  6. The school field trip to the Nation\u2019s capital was the first out-of-state trip Nicholas had ever taken without being with his family.<\/li>\n
  7. In targeting and bullying Nicholas by falsely accusing him of instigating the January 18 incident, the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0conveyed that Nicholas engaged in acts of racism by \u201cswarming\u201d Phillips, \u201cblocking\u201d his exit away from the students, and otherwise engaging in racist misconduct.<\/li>\n
  8. The\u00a0Post\u00a0<\/em>ignored basic journalist standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump (\u201cthe President\u201d) by impugning individuals perceived to be supporters of the President.<\/li>\n
  9. As a 16-year old secondary school student, Nicholas\u2019 political beliefs are anything but established and entrenched in his young mind.<\/li>\n
  10. Nicholas has zero history of political activism or aggressiveness and did not exhibit any such conduct even when confronted with unbridled racist attacks by activist bullies at the National Mall.<\/li>\n
  11. The\u00a0Post\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0campaign to target Nicholas in furtherance of its political agenda was carried out by using its vast financial resources to enter the bully pulpit by publishing a series of false and defamatory print and online articles which effectively provided a worldwide megaphone to Phillips and other anti-Trump individuals and entities to smear a young boy who was in its view an acceptable casualty in their war against the President.<\/li>\n
  12. Unlike the\u00a0Post\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0abuse of the profession of journalism, Plaintiffs do not bring this lawsuit to use the judicial system to further a political agenda. This lawsuit is brought against the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0to seek legal redress for its negligent, reckless, and malicious attacks on Nicholas which caused permanent damage to his life and reputation.<\/li>\n
  13. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0bullied an innocent child with an absolute disregard for the pain and destruction its attacks would cause to his life.<\/li>\n
  14. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0proved itself to be a loud and aggressive bully with a bully pulpit.<\/li>\n
  15. In this country, our society is dedicated to the protection of children regardless of the color of their skin, their religious beliefs, or the cap they wear.<\/li>\n
  16. But the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0did not care about protecting Nicholas. To the contrary, the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0raced with a reckless disregard of the facts and truth because in this day and time there is a premium for being the first and loudest media bully.<\/li>\n
  17. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0wanted to lead the charge against this child because he was a pawn in its political war against its political adversary \u2013 a war so disconnected and beyond the comprehension of Nicholas that it might as well have been science fiction.<\/li>\n
  18. The\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0must be dealt with the same way every bully is dealt with and that is hold the bully fully accountable for its wrongdoing in a manner which effectively deters the bully from again bullying other children. In a civil lawsuit, punishment and deterrence is found in awarding money damages to the victim and target of the bully.<\/li>\n
  19. In order to fully compensate Nicholas for his damages and to punish, deter, and teach the\u00a0Post<\/em>a lesson it will never forget, this action seeks money damages in excess of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00) \u2013 the amount Jeff Bezos, the world\u2019s richest person, paid in cash for the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0when his company, Nash Holdings, purchased the newspaper in 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    THE JANUARY 18 INCIDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. On January 18, 2019, Nicholas attended the March for Life on a school trip chaperoned by sixteen adults, nine of whom were faculty members at Nicholas\u2019 school, Covington Catholic High School (\u201cCovCath\u201d).<\/li>\n
    2. Nicholas and his classmates were instructed to meet at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall by 5:00 p.m. to catch their buses for the return trip to Kentucky.<\/li>\n
    3. Nicholas was wearing a red cap Make America Great Again cap (\u201cMAGA cap\u201d) that he had purchased that day as a souvenir.<\/li>\n
    4. While at the National Mall, a small group of adult gentlemen who describe themselves as Hebrew Israelites \u2013 a known hate group \u2013 began verbally assaulting and taunting Nicholas and his CovCath classmates with, including but not limited to, threats of physical violence and vitriol, calling the students \u201cincest babies,\u201d \u201cdirty ass crackers,\u201d and \u201cfuture school shooters.\u201d<\/li>\n
    5. One of Nicholas\u2019 classmates requested and received permission from a school chaperone to engage in CovCath school sports cheers in an effort to ignore and drown out the hate speech being hurled at them by the Hebrew Israelites.<\/li>\n
    6. The school cheer is intended and undertaken to promote unity and school pride and should have been correctly seen as a positive act, not a racist act.<\/li>\n
    7. During the school cheer, Phillips and a small group of his companions \u2013 all of whom had been participating in the Indigenous Peoples March at the National Mall that day \u2013 instigated a confrontation with Nicholas and his CovCath classmates.<\/li>\n
    8. Rather than focusing their attention on the Hebrew Israelites, who had been relentlessly insulting both the teenagers for almost an hour and the Native Americans attending the Indigenous Peoples March before that, Phillips and his activist companions approached the CovCath students from a distance while beating drums, singing, dancing, and carrying cameras to capture the confrontation on video.<\/li>\n
    9. Apparently, Phillips, a phony war hero, was too intimidated by the unruly Hebrew Israelites to approach them, the true troublemakers, and instead chose to focus on a group of innocent children \u2013 a much safer endeavor for activist tactics of intimidation.<\/li>\n
    10. When Phillips first approached them, many of the CovCath students \u201cfelt like he was coming into their group to join in with the students\u2019 cheers.\u201d<\/li>\n
    11. Phillips intentionally walked up to the crowd of CovCath students.<\/li>\n
    12. The CovCath students did not move toward Phillips or otherwise actively approach or surround Phillips.<\/li>\n
    13. Nicholas and the students merely acquiesced in Phillips\u2019 election to enter their group and beat his drum within inches of Nicholas\u2019 face.<\/li>\n
    14. Once within their group, Phillips freely moved about, briefly walking up to certain students within the group, which included many children who were not CovCath students.<\/li>\n
    15. Phillips then walked directly up to where Nicholas was standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial so that he could confront Nicholas and bully him by getting in his face.<\/li>\n
    16. Phillips, a 64-year-old man attired in Native American garb and a stranger to Nicholas, continued to beat his drum and sing loudly within inches of Nicholas\u2019 face for several minutes while staring at Nicholas.<\/li>\n
    17. Contrary to his false statements in media interviews after the January 18 incident that he was trying to move to the top of the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Phillips approached the students from a distance and walked past clear pathways to the steps to the Lincoln Memorial.<\/li>\n
    18. Moreover, when Phillips then waded into the students\u2019 crowd and specifically confronted Nicholas, Phillips never made any attempt to move past, around, or away from Nicholas even though he could have done so at any time.<\/li>\n
    19. Prior to being directly confronted by Phillips, Nicholas had not noticed Phillips at the National Mall.<\/li>\n
    20. Nicholas did not confront Phillips.<\/li>\n
    21. Nicholas did not move toward Phillips.<\/li>\n
    22. Nicholas did not make any movement to block Phillips\u2019 path or prevent Phillips from physically moving wherever he wished.<\/li>\n
    23. Nicholas was startled and confused by the actions of Phillips in singling him out and confronting him.<\/li>\n
    24. During the confrontation instigated by Phillips, Nicholas stood still as he was concerned that turning away from Phillips might be considered a sign of disrespect.<\/li>\n
    25. While he stood there with Phillips beating a drum near his face and singing loudly, Nicholas remained silent and did not utter a single word to Phillips.<\/li>\n
    26. Nicholas did not make any gestures by hand or otherwise toward Phillips.<\/li>\n
    27. Nicholas made only one gesture while being confronted by Phillips \u2013 he quietly signaled a classmate to refrain from responding to profanity-laced insults being directed at the student by one of Phillips\u2019 companions.<\/li>\n
    28. At all times, Nicholas acted respectfully, responsibly, appropriately, and in a manner consistent with the values instilled upon him by his family and his religious faith.<\/li>\n
    29. The confrontation ended when Nicholas and his fellow CovCath students were instructed to board the buses.<\/li>\n
    30. Indeed, when Nicholas walked away quietly to board the bus, Phillips turned away from the Lincoln Memorial and outwardly celebrated some perceived \u201cwin\u201d over Nicholas and his CovCath classmates, with his companion shouting \u201cI got him, man, I got him! \u2026 We won grandpa, we fucking won grandpa!\u201d<\/li>\n
    31. During the January 18 incident, Nicholas:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n