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(16,452 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:05 PM Oct 15

Mark Robinson Sues CNN Over Report Linking Him to Lewd Comments on Porn Site [View all]

Source: New York Times

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the embattled Republican nominee for governor, filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against CNN, which published an article last month linking him to lewd and offensive comments made years ago on a pornography website.

Mr. Robinson said at a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., that he had not made the comments that the CNN report attributed to him.

The report said that in posts on a porn site called Nude Africa, Mr. Robinson, who is running as a social conservative, described himself as a “black Nazi,” defended slavery and wrote that he enjoyed watching transgender porn.

“When times of trouble come in this thing we call politics, it separates the strong folks from the weak,” Mr. Robinson said at the news conference on Tuesday, standing with his lawyer, Jesse Binnall. “The weak will turn and run, and the strong will stand and fight. And that’s what we’re doing here today.”

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Mark Robinson Sues CNN Over Report Linking Him to Lewd Comments on Porn Site [View all] Zorro Oct 15 OP

Perhaps Invasion of Privacy, but not Defamation. no_hypocrisy Oct 15 #1

I don't see a case for invasion of privacy. cstanleytech Oct 15 #5

Depends how they got the information and whether it was private or public. no_hypocrisy Oct 15 #7

Plus it's extremely telling that he didn't immediately file suit. cstanleytech Oct 15 #10

Extremely telling, I'd say! OldBaldy1701E Oct 15 #17

I suspect it was actually that he saw his poll numbers tanking and is hoping it will stop it. cstanleytech Oct 19 #43

He posted on a message board. Gore1FL Oct 15 #11

OK, any lawsuit will be tossed at this point. no_hypocrisy Oct 15 #19

typically, any posts on a board are owned by the board. Layzeebeaver Oct 16 #29

He just needs to fuck all the way off, now, and forever CurtEastPoint Oct 15 #2

Be careful now, l'il Markie... Think. Again. Oct 15 #3

The only thing he'll prove by this is that they told the truth. Isn't a free press is one of our constitutional rights Ford_Prefect Oct 15 #4

That's gonna get ugly under discovery sboatcar Oct 15 #6

Gee, I hope so! no_hypocrisy Oct 15 #8

it won't go that far quakerboy Oct 15 #21

For sure sboatcar Oct 15 #22

Yeah, looking forward to that. DJ Synikus Makisimus Oct 15 #25

He's a scumbag, a Nazi and he supports the reintroduction of making human beings slaves again in this country. hadEnuf Oct 15 #9

A Jury will never see it Wiz Imp Oct 15 #24

Hopefully. hadEnuf Oct 16 #37

He'll drop the lawsuit moreland01 Oct 15 #12

exactly LymphocyteLover Oct 16 #33

Discovery should be entertaining! Mz Pip Oct 15 #13

Bingo! Bo Zarts Oct 16 #32

idiots keep forgetting about - discovery - all that garbage that is not part of comes out also verargert Oct 15 #14

This is a tactic from Trump's playbook. It's bravado. It's temporary. Oopsie Daisy Oct 15 #15

Evil, Preverted and a fool with $$ ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 15 #16

So typical. Start a lawsuit to make it look like you're innocent mdbl Oct 15 #18

Good luck with that, Mark. Keep digging that hole deeper... Martin68 Oct 15 #20

Discovery... Bolo Boffin Oct 15 #23

This lawsuit will never be heard, no "discovery" or any of that Tarc Oct 15 #26

Liar! mwb970 Oct 16 #27

Oh goodie! Can't wait for the depos! SunSeeker Oct 16 #28

He's just mad johnnyfins Oct 16 #30

Discovery should be very interesting... COL Mustard Oct 16 #31

Robinson's defamation suit rondawson Oct 16 #34

Discovery will be a bitch... JT45242 Oct 16 #35

I think his plan is to file it before the election, then drop it afterwards. LisaL Oct 16 #36

I think you're right...but still hoping with popcorn ready JT45242 Oct 16 #41

... On the Nude Africa website in both comments and his profile, minisoldr offered numerous details that align precisely struggle4progress Oct 16 #38

... The lawsuit ... also names a man named Louis Money as a defendant. Money is a former clerk at a porn store struggle4progress Oct 16 #39

... Robinson said he was given the chance to respond to CNN's claims but wasn't able to examine the data ... struggle4progress Oct 16 #40

MAGA candidate's lawsuit against CNN has 'no exhibits substantiating denials': analyst LetMyPeopleVote Oct 16 #42