The network of “Wolf Blitzer” brings us a real life biting journalist, go figure… But seriously, now we know how she was able to get past the Benghazi guards and find Ambassador Chris Stevens’ diary. Although it could be argued she just mistook the instructions from Jeff Zucker when he told her to leave them smitten, “smitten” not bitten… and, then again, when she sniffs a good story she really gets her teeth into it.
(New York) CNN is being sued by two EMTs who say a foreign correspondent for the cable news network bit them in a drunken rage outside the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Arwa Damon, described by the cable network as a senior international correspondent, was intoxicated and abusive to a medical team stationed on the grounds of the embassy, where Damon did not have authority to be, according to the $2 million lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Monday.
According to the lawsuit, Damon, 36, bit EMTs Tracy Lamar and Charles Simons before threatening them, saying she was a “major reporter for CNN.”
The medics were trying to treat Damon when she became violent, the lawsuit said.
It was not clear what sparked the incident.
The suit claims CNN knew Damon had a history of drunken and abusive behavior, and had a penchant for violence, even when sober. (read more)