Current:Home > NewsNorth Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site-LoTradeCoin
North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site
View Date:2024-12-23 22:05:14
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.
The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court, comes less than four weeks after a television report that led many fellow GOP elected officials and candidates, including presidential nominee Donald Trump, to distance themselves from Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign. Robinson announced the lawsuit at a news conference in Raleigh.
CNN “chose to publish despite knowing or recklessly disregarding that Lt. Gov. Robinson’s data — including his name, date of birth, passwords, and the email address supposedly associated with the NudeAfrica account — were previously compromised by multiple data breaches,” the lawsuit states.
CNN declined to comment, spokesperson Emily Kuhn said in an email.
Polls at the time of the CNN report already showed Democratic rival Josh Stein, the sitting attorney general, with a lead over Robinson. Early in-person voting begins Thursday statewide, and well over 50,000 completed absentee ballots have been received so far.
The CNN report said Robinson left statements over a decade ago on the message board in which, in part, he referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” said he enjoyed transgender pornography, said that he preferred Hitler to then-President Barack Obama, and slammed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “worse than a maggot.”
veryGood! (76814)
Related
- Amtrak service disrupted after fire near tracks in New York City
- 'Survivor' 47, Episode 9: Jeff Probst gave players another shocking twist. Who went home?
- In bizarro world, Tennessee plays better defense, and Georgia's Kirby Smart comes unglued
- NFL Week 11 picks straight up and against spread: Will Bills hand Chiefs first loss of season?
- Wreck of Navy destroyer USS Edsall known as 'the dancing mouse' found 80 years after sinking
- Dramatic video shows Phoenix police rescue, pull man from car submerged in pool: Watch
- Advocacy group sues Tennessee over racial requirements for medical boards
- Dozens indicted over NYC gang warfare that led to the deaths of four bystanders
- Steelers shoot for the moon ball, but will offense hold up or wilt in brutal final stretch?
- Outgoing North Carolina governor grants 2 pardons, 6 commutations
Ranking
- Research reveals China has built prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
- Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
- College football Week 12 expert picks for every Top 25 game include SEC showdowns
- Kentucky governor says investigators will determine what caused deadly Louisville factory explosion
- Horoscopes Today, November 11, 2024
- Mechanic dies after being 'trapped' under Amazon delivery van at Florida-based center
- Vermont man is fit to stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students
- Manhattan rooftop fire sends plumes of dark smoke into skyline
Recommendation
-
‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
-
Conviction and 7-year sentence for Alex Murdaugh’s banker overturned in appeal of juror’s dismissal
-
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Good Try (Freestyle)
-
Surprise bids revive hope for offshore wind in Gulf of Mexico after feds cancel lease sale
-
Mike Tyson-Jake Paul: How to watch the fight, time, odds
-
Eva Longoria calls US 'dystopian' under Trump, has moved with husband and son
-
Beyoncé has released lots of new products. Here's a Beyhive gift guide for the holidays
-
Reese Witherspoon's Daughter Ava Phillippe Introduces Adorable New Family Member