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Infamous Covington High School Student Lawyers Up, Gets Ready To Pursue Defamation Claims

This lawyer is familiar with publicity and defamation claims.

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L. Lin Wood (Photo by Gage Skidmore)

Oh, great. We haven’t heard the last of Nick Sandmann. For those goldfish in the audience who can’t remember the scandals of last week without CliffsNotes, Sandmann is the smug Covington High School student whose visage went viral after a confrontation with Native American activist Nathan Phillips.

Now, according to new reports, Sandmann has hired a lawyer, Atlanta-based attorney L. Lin Wood. Unsurprisingly, the legal strategy he is pursuing doubles down on the narrative of Sandmann as a victim, saying his client “did absolutely nothing wrong or inappropriate in connection with the incident to deserve the heinous accusations made against him by uninformed or agenda-driven individuals and media entities.” And promising lawsuits would follow:

“In the coming weeks, we will be carefully reviewing all of the false accusations and threats made against Nick,” Wood said. “We fully expect that a multitude of civil lawsuits will be filed and aggressively pursued. We recognize that justice for Nick will not be achieved quickly, but we are dedicated to achieving it for this young man, regardless of time or expense.”

Notoriety and litigation is nothing new for the attorney; Wood is noted for pursing high-profile defamation cases. Former clients include Richard Jewell (the man falsely accused of the Atlanta Olympic bombing), John and Patsy Ramsey (parents of the slain JonBenét Ramsey), and Howard K. Stern (attorney and reality TV co-star of the late Anna Nicole Smith).

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