A Maryland teenager filed defamation suit against CBS News over a report his attorneys say falsely linked him as one of those arrested for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool last summer.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, seeks at least $20 million in damages.
The plaintiff, identified as “JV” and as a 15-year old high school student, was riding his e-dirt bike past the National Mall on June 20, according to the suit. He was briefly detained and handcuffed over the use of the e-bike, and released without charges, per
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