In a lawsuit against CNN and musician Louis Money, NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson says the two damaged ‘his good name.’ Credit: Facebook
In response to the bombshell in-depth report about Mark Robinson’s alleged past activities on the “Nude Africa” porn site, published September 19 by CNN, the candidate has now officially filed a lawsuit against the network.
Filed in North Carolina, the suit claims the network intentionally worked to defame Robinson through the piece, with the motivation to “derail his political career” and a “reckless disregard for the truth.” Robinson is seeking $50 million in damages.
In the report, screenshots and quotes were linked to Robinson through account information, along with the screen name “minisoldr” that the Lt. Governor had allegedly been known to use for social media. Among the scandalous posts were the user identifying as a “black Nazi,” expressing a love for transgender porn and confessing to spying on girls showering in a public gym locker room as a 14 year-old through overhead vents.
Also listed in the lawsuit is Louis “Love” Money, the lead singer of North Carolina-based band Trailer Park Orchestra. In a music video released on YouTube on August 11, Money and his band depict the Lt. Governor visiting the porn shop that Money worked at during the 1990s, where the singer alleges through lyrics, “I made you a bootleg/I did all the time/most of the time you paid me/ I guess it uhhhh/slipped your mind,” referencing a final occasion with Robinson on a $25 tab left unpaid for work done by Money.
The opening statement in the lawsuit reads; “CNN and Louis Love Money are responsible for a new low in digital lynching. In a malicious hit job so well timed as to be uncanny, they have published disgusting lies about Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson in what appears to be a coordinated attack aimed at derailing his campaign for governor, and has already inflicted immeasurable harm to his family, his reputation, and his good name. This lawsuit, while utterly insufficient to right this wrong, shall serve as a small measure of accountability.”