Covington Catholic High Student Nick Sandmann Sues NBC for $275 Million

Nick Sandmann from Covington Catholic High School stands in front of Native American activist Nathan Phillips while the latter bangs a drum in his face in Washington on Jan. 18, 2019. Kaya Taitano via Reuters

Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann is filing a defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal for $275 million, one of his lawyers, Todd V. McMurty, announced on May 1.

“The facts of the suit show the anti-Trump narrative NBC pushed so hard,” McMurty wrote in a Twitter post.