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Sandmann fires pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood

Covington Teen Lawsuit
Lisa Cornwell/AP
FILE - This Jan. 20, 2019 file photo shows the grounds of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky. Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School teen at the heart of an encounter last month with a Native American activist, is suing The Washington Post for $250 million. He is also threatening legal action against The Associated Press and other news organizations. In papers filed Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky, Nicholas Sandmann and his parents alleged that the Post had engaged in “targeting and bullying” and modern “McCarthyism.” (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File)
Covington Teen Lawsuit
Posted at 10:20 PM, Jan 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-25 22:30:25-05

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Nicholas Sandmann, the former Covington Catholic student and now Transylvania student whose face-off with a Native American activist in Washington D.C. in 2019 caught major traction on social media, has fired his lawyer Lin Wood. Sandmann announced the firing on Twitter on Monday.

Wood represented Sandmann in a series of defamation lawsuits that accused media companies such as CNN and the Washington Post of inaccurately portraying the face-off.

Sandmann continues to be represented by Kentucky-based lawyer Todd McMurtry.

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