Cocchiarella, a Democratic social media activist now at Columbia University, claims Kim shared baseless allegations of sexual assault against Cocchiarella, prompting school transfer and other damages.
On Sept. 16, former member of Dartmouth’s Class of 2025 Jack Cocchiarella — now a student at Columbia University — filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire against Nate Kim ’25, claiming that Kim defamed Cocchiarella through online allegations of rape and sexual assault. The civil case, filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, had its first hearing last Thursday.
According to the complaint, Kim posted statements to platforms such as Twitter, Reddit and Librex accusing the liberal activist — who has nearly 300,000 Twitter followers and is known for confronting Rep.Madison Cawthorne, R-N.C., last October — of “multiple rape allegations” on campus. Cocchiarella and Politically Correct Strategies LLC, a Florida-based political consulting company founded by Cocchiarella, claimed Kim’s statements to be “untrue” and “fabricated.”
The plaintiffs called for a jury trial and preliminary and permanent injunction — including the posting of a permanent retraction of Kim’s statements on social media and an agreement to refrain from further discussion of the allegations — against the defendant. If Cocchiarella wins the case, Kim may have to pay monetary damages to compensate Cocchiarella for “injuries,” according to University of New Hampshire professor of...
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