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Hasan Piker has filed a defamation lawsuit against Scott Jennings in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking at least $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages, totaling $72.5 million. The suit stems from an August 11, 2026, episode of The Scott Jennings Show, during which Jennings stated Piker called for lynchings of Black voters and said the U.S. should resume lynchings against Black people.
The claim centers on a 42-second video clip from a October 29, 2024, Twitch stream where Piker sarcastically mocked a conservative commentator by quoting him and adding ironic remarks, including references to lynchings and Klansmen. Piker's lawyers allege Jennings removed context, omitted the words 'He said' and Piker's laughter, and added a false caption attributing to Piker the statement 'Let's go back to a better time when lynchings were happening,' which Piker never said. Piker argues the edited video falsely portrayed his sarcasm as genuine advocacy.
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