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Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote

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Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote
Oct 27, 2026 6:01pm PT Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote

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Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, alleging that Jennings had defamed him by misconstruing a quote to make it sound like Piker endorsed lynchings.

On his own podcast on Aug. 11, Jennings played a mashup of clips of Piker, including one in which Piker referenced going “back to a better time when lynchings were happening.” Jennings denounced the commentary and warned Black voters of the “Piker plan of returning our country to lynchings.”

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