Damning Evidence Surfaces in Don Lemon Assault Case as Trial Nears
As the federal civil trial involving CNN anchor Don Lemon approaches, new revelations in court documents cast doubt on the veracity of the claims against the CNN Tonight With Don Lemon host.
Nearly three years since the lawsuit began, the federal civil trial for Lemon will start with jury selection on June 6 in U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of New York. But ongoing court filings reveal several complications that call the accuser’s case into question.Dustin Hice claims in his lawsuit that during the summer of 2018, after leaving his bartending job, he recognized the well-known journalist at a bar in the Hamptons and offered to buy him a drink.
According to the lawsuit, Lemon declined the offer, and both went their separate ways. Later in the night, Hice says, Lemon approached him and put his hands down his pants, fondled himself, and then put his fingers under Hice's nose, asking Hice whether he liked "pussy or dick." Hice claims that the interaction left him humiliated, saddled with mental health problems, and unable to return to his summer job as a bartender on Long Island.
