Survivor of Parkland School Massacre Wins Ownership of Shooter’s Name in Lawsuit Settlement

Survivor of Parkland School Massacre Wins Ownership of Shooter’s Name in Lawsuit Settlement
Royer Borges and his son, Parkland shooting victim Anthony Borges sit at their attorney's office in Wilton Manors, Fla., on June 26, 2024. Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz’s name, and Mr. Cruz cannot give any interviews without his permission, under a settlement reached in a lawsuit.

Under his recent settlement with Anthony Borges, Mr. Cruz must also turn over any money he might receive as a beneficiary of a relative’s life insurance policy, participate in any scientific studies of mass shooters, and donate his body to science after his death.