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Hasan Piker, better known online as HasanAbi, is suing CNN commentator Scott Jennings for more than $72 million, saying Jennings falsely claimed he advocated lynching Black Americans. The defamation complaint got filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 2026, and it accuses Jennings of showing manipulated livestream footage and pinning a fabricated quote on the Twitch streamer. Piker says the accusations hurt his reputation and threatened his professional income. He wants $27.5 million in compensatory damages and another $45 million in punitive damages. Jennings has not publicly responded to the lawsuit.
Hasan Piker officially announced that he is suing Scott Jennings for 72 million dollars. It's about time: "This is not just about Scott Jennings, although he certainly messed up. This is about truth in the media. I don't think you should be able to get away with lying like this."
— adri (@socialistadri) October 27, 2026
It all started on August 11, 2026, when Jennings talked about Piker on The Scott Jennings Show and accused him of calling for Black voters to be lynched. He also posted on X that Piker said the United States should resume lynchings against Black people.
Piker's complaint argues Jennings went past normal political criticism because he used a misleading video as proof.
According to the filing, Jennings added a caption that appeared to quote Piker...
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