The legal battle is heating up between Navy veteran Zachary Young and Associated Press, with the AP calling Young's suit meritless in court filings.

The Associated Press filed a motion to dismiss U.S. Navy Veteran Zachary Young’s defamation lawsuit on Monday, saying the complaint is meritless.

A U.S. Navy veteran who was awarded $5 million in a defamation case against CNN filed a lawsuit challenging the Associated Press on Friday. A Florida jury ruled in favor of Zachary Young in ...

Zachary Young is seeking at least $18 million in economic loss, ... U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young offers his reaction to winning the CNN defamation trial in an interview with Fox News Digital.

U.S. Navy Veteran Zachary Young seeks nearly $500 million in a defamation suit against the AP, arguing the term "smuggling" implies criminality despite a court ruling otherwise.

The Associated Press has been sued for defamation by Zachary Young, who earlier this year was awarded $5 million in a libel lawsuit against CNN over a 2021 report falsely portraying him as a ...

The Associated Press filed a motion to dismiss U.S. Navy Veteran Zachary Young’s defamation lawsuit on Monday, insisting the complaint is “without merit” and unjustly challenges the out… ...

Marquardt was at the center of a defamation case brought against him and CNN in January by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young. A Florida jury found that CNN defamed Young and ruled that he could seek ...

Marquardt exits CNN five months after network settled defamation case with Navy veteran Zachary Young By Brian Flood Fox News Published June 2, 2025 1:14pm EDT ...

CNN’s chief national security correspondent, Alexander Marquardt, did not give Zachary Young sufficient time to respond to CNN’s allegations, Mr. Young claims. CNN Mr. Young’s lawsuit, which was filed ...

The Associated Press stands by its reporting after U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young filed a defamation lawsuit, but U.S. News & World Report retracted a republished report.