The case, which involved a 2021 segment about a private security contractor in Afghanistan, played out as media organizations face more legal and political pressures.

The matter was resolved just four hours after a Florida jury had found the network liable for defamation and awarded $5 million to security contractor Zachary Young.

CNN will have to fork over at least $5 million to a U.S. Navy veteran after it lost a defamation trial in Florida on Friday. A Panama City, Florida, jury ruled that CNN had defamed security contractor Zachary Young when it aired a 2021 report that said he was part of a “black market” that price-gouged those attempting to flee Afghanistan after the U.

Drake is going after UMG for putting out and promoting "Not Like Us," which references the Canadian rap star as a child predator. However, Los Angeles defamation and media law attorney Tre Lovell, of The Lovell Firm, believes the OVO head honcho has a slim chance of coming out victorious.

Wednesday, it was reported that Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group for defamation and harassment surrounding the release of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him, “Not Like Us.” Both Drake and Kendrick have been putting out music with UMG and its subsidiaries for over a decade,