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...COVINGTON, Ky. - Several Kentucky Catholic school students involved in last year's videotaped confrontation with a Native American elder at the Lincoln Memorial filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and others, claiming their tweets about the incident sparked harassment and threats.
...Sandmann was one of several students wearing President Donald Trump-affiliated MAGA hats at the time of his viral standoff with Native American leader Nathan Phillips, but is not a party to Tuesday's lawsuit.
...The suit mentions tweets published by all nine of the defendants, including Haberman, who tweeted, "There are dozens of students laughing and egging on the behavior surrounding Nathan Phillips. Will be interesting to see if anyone is actually expelled, as officials suggest is possible."
...According to the complaint, several of the defendants retweeted articles that included false claims the students chanted "Build the wall" and "It's not rape if you enjoy it," and also harassed Phillips and other protesters.
...The suit says the journalists, writers and activists "Omitted the true facts" from their tweets and "Engaged in a course of conduct which harassed, threatened, menaced, intimidated, alarmed, and seriously annoyed the plaintiffs."
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