Judge Stephanos Bibas, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
A federal appeals court has decided that a then-12-year-old Philadelphia boy’s claims that Newsweek magazine defamed him by accusing him of supporting “raw racism and sexual abuse” by endorsing President Donald Trump in 2016 were rightly dismissed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit against Newsweek, filed on behalf of Cole McCafferty by his parents, Brian and Melissa McCafferty. The boy gained media attention after releasing a series of social media posts during the 2016 presidential election and beyond, which drew the attention of several outlets from Russian TV stations to Philadelphia Magazine.
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