Last Thursday, a federal judge ruled Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann’s $275 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal may proceed, as he did with similar cases against CNN and The Washington Post.

U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman dismissed some parts of the lawsuit, but allowed discovery on allegations that NBC’s coverage defamed Sandmann by reporting that he “blocked” the Native American elder Nathan Phillips during their encounter in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Judge Bertelsman’s order stated, “The court finds that the statements that plaintiff ‘blocked’ Phillips or did not allow him to retreat, if false, meet the test of being libelous per se under the definition quoted above.”

Sandmann’s attorney Lin Wood tweeted, “As predicted, today Judge Bertelsman entered an order allowing the Nicholas Sandmann case against NBCUniversal to proceed to discovery just as he had earlier ruled with respect to WaPo & CNN cases. Huge, huge win!”

Initially, Judge Bertelsman dismissed the $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post, but last October, the judge reversed the course. Judge Bertelsman tossed out 30 of 33 examples that Sandmann’s lawyers tried to argue as libelous statements.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported: “After reviewing an amended complaint, Judge William Bertelsman ordered Monday that the case could enter the discovery phase and hence a portion of the lawsuit against the newspaper could continue. The judge’s order that discovery can continue means Sandmann’s legal team can make requests for internal Washington Post documents concerning the events like emails and communications between editors and reporters.”

After the judge’s ruling in October, Sandmann’s attorney Toddy V. McMurty wrote this was a good sign for Sandmann’s $275 million lawsuit.

McMurty tweeted, “NEWSFLASH: Federal Judge William O. Bertelsman partially reversed his ruling to dismiss #nicksandmann’s claims against the @washingtonpost. Nick’s case may now proceed into discovery. The ruling bodes [well] for the NBC and CNN cases, as well.”

“This is a huge win,” McMurtry added. “Now #NickSandmann will be able to start discovery and find out exactly what the reporters were thinking when they attacked Nicholas and the #CovingtonCatholic kids.”

Sandmann’s legal team published a video last March to explain the incident which led to their decision to file lawsuits against The Washington Post, CNN, and NBC.

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Here’s the video, released by Lin Wood, which provides vital context to the incident that occurred last January.