Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s former lieutenant governor, has withdrawn his defamation case against CNN after the network publicized disturbing comments he reportedly made on porn forums in the 2000s.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are seeking to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit. Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, told a federal judge on Thursday, January 30, that they will move to dismiss the legal action filed against them by the It Ends With Us director, 40, Variety reported the same day. Per Variety, each side’s

Former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign for governor in 2024 was derailed by a series of controversies and scandals, said Friday he would not run for U.S. Senate in 2026. Robinson, a Republican,

Mark Robinson, who lost the gubernatorial race to Josh Stein in NC and was suing CNN for defamation, says he is leaving both in the rearview mirror in an announcement on X.

The defamation lawsuit came after CNN published a story linking the North Carolina Republican to a series of racist and sexually graphic online comments.

CNN settled with a security consultant after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people from Afghanistan in 2021.

Mark Robinson was unsuccessful in his bid last November to become the state’s next governor, losing to Democrat Josh Stein by 14 points.

Disgraced MAGA politician Mark Robinson has dropped his lawsuit against CNN for exposing his twisted online life and costing him his bid to be North Carolina’s governor. The Black Republican announced the move Friday as he said he was quitting the political arena for good.