A high school classmate of Justice Brett Kavanaugh is suing HuffPost for defamation over an article about the "Free-for-all" party scene at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s.
The lawsuit alleges that then-HuffPost reporter Ashley Feinberg fabricated details about David Kennedy's fatal 1984 drug overdose to capitalize on popular interest in the elite, boys-only school that followed Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual misconduct.
A former classmate of Justice Brett Kavanaugh sued HuffPost for defamation Wednesday, alleging that the liberal news site concocted a false story about their high school's "Party scene" as the Senate reviewed Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual misconduct.
"In HuffPost and Feinberg's zeal to embellish a salacious article about Justice Kavanaugh's years at Georgetown Prep and to capitalize upon the controversy surrounding his confirmation hearing and thereby drive traffic to its website, they fabricated the false claim that Douglas Kennedy and Derrick Evans 'helped score' the illegal narcotics that killed Douglas's older brother David in April 1984," the complaint reads.
"In describing the culture of the school in those days, the former student pointed to the April 1984 overdose of 28-year-old David Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, who'd injected drugs into his groin, apparently to hide the needle marks." Feinberg wrote.
One day after publication, a Kennedy representative contacted HuffPost and denied Feinberg's account of David's death.
HuffPost has since substantially edited the story, removing all references to David's death and expressing regret for mischaracterizing Evans's involvement.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/23/huffpost-ashley-feinberg-libel-lawsuit-kavanaugh/
The lawsuit alleges that then-HuffPost reporter Ashley Feinberg fabricated details about David Kennedy's fatal 1984 drug overdose to capitalize on popular interest in the elite, boys-only school that followed Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual misconduct.
A former classmate of Justice Brett Kavanaugh sued HuffPost for defamation Wednesday, alleging that the liberal news site concocted a false story about their high school's "Party scene" as the Senate reviewed Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual misconduct.
"In HuffPost and Feinberg's zeal to embellish a salacious article about Justice Kavanaugh's years at Georgetown Prep and to capitalize upon the controversy surrounding his confirmation hearing and thereby drive traffic to its website, they fabricated the false claim that Douglas Kennedy and Derrick Evans 'helped score' the illegal narcotics that killed Douglas's older brother David in April 1984," the complaint reads.
"In describing the culture of the school in those days, the former student pointed to the April 1984 overdose of 28-year-old David Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, who'd injected drugs into his groin, apparently to hide the needle marks." Feinberg wrote.
One day after publication, a Kennedy representative contacted HuffPost and denied Feinberg's account of David's death.
HuffPost has since substantially edited the story, removing all references to David's death and expressing regret for mischaracterizing Evans's involvement.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/23/huffpost-ashley-feinberg-libel-lawsuit-kavanaugh/
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