Nicholas Sandmann Discharges Lin Wood Over Comments on Mike Pence

In this image from video, Nicholas Sandmann speaks from Washington, during the second night of the Republican National Convention, on Aug. 25, 2020. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP

Nicholas Sandmann, a Kentucky high school student who was subjected to negative and defamatory press coverage based on a video that went viral, has dismissed his lawyer, Lin Wood.

“I have ended my lawyer-client relationship with Mr. Wood and no longer wish to be represented by him,” Sandmann said in an affidavit in court filings obtained by Reuters.