A man who says he was fired from his nursing assistant’s job after a false television news report hopes the N.C. Supreme Court will revive his lawsuit against the Triangle TV station. The suit challenges the station’s reliance on the “fair report privilege.”
Wesley Walker filed a brief Monday with the high court in his case against WTVD.
The dispute arose from a report on WTVD’s 6 p.m. newscast in August 2019. The report alleged that Walker had hit an elderly patient in the face while working at his job.
Walker had been “falsely charged with assault by his stepfather,” according to Monday’s brief. “Even though this allegation was false, it had no connection to the Plaintiff’s employment as a [certified nursing assistant], at an assisted living facility.”
“WTVD has admitted that this story created the impression that Mr. Walker assaulted an elderly patient,” according to the brief. “As a result of this story, Mr. Walker was fired, and his reputation was impaired. He was forced to work at a pizza restaurant when he could not find
employment as a CNA.”
The false report stemmed from communication between the TV station and the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, according to the brief.
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