Lemon and brings an end to this abusive lawsuit. Unfortunately, being a gay Black man in the media, he has had to deal with these sorts of attacks for quite some time.

Out of respect for the judicial process and my advice, he has had to remain silent in the face of a malicious and vulgar attack on his character. This has been a long and difficult journey for Don. In response, Don Lemon’s lawyer Caroline Polisi released a statement commenting on Hice being “finally able to access his memory and recollect the correct version of events on the night when he approached Don Lemon.” The statement goes on: Now, in May of 2022, Dustin Hice has changed his story of the events at the bar in Sag Harbor back in 2018, saying in a statement from his lawyer (via Deadline) that following “a lot of inner reflection and a deep dive” into his memory, he came “to realize that my recollection of the events” actually were “not what I thought they were when I filed this lawsuit.” Rumors at the time suggested that Hice attempted to shake down the CNN host for $1.5 million to prevent a suit from being filed.