Navy veteran warned CNN reporter he would ‘seek legal damages’ if ‘inaccurate’ story was published

PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA -- The Navy veteran suing CNN for defamation warned CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt that his 2021 story about him was "inaccurate" and he would "seek legal damages," according to text messages that were shown to jurors on Wednesday.

Zachary Young said during his second day on the witness stand that he initially thought CNN needed help evacuating its own people from Afghanistan, and he reached out because he thought CNN was interested in his services because staffers viewed his LinkedIn page.