CNN settled a lawsuit brought by a US Navy veteran over a 2021 segment on evacuations in Afghanistan on Friday, hours after a jury found the network liable for defaming him.

The jury deliberated for more than eight hours starting before ruling in favor of Zachary Young in his defamation suit against CNN.

CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation. The jury found CNN had defamed the US