Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two of his daughters in a terror attack, has announced that he will sue CNN for comments claiming they were “killed in a shootout.”
According to Israel Hayom, Dee made his announcement at an event hosted by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Dee also showed attendees at the event an email he received from Amanpour, in which she apologized, saying that she “misspoke.”
Leo Dee’s wife Lucy Dee and daughters Rina and Maia were murdered last month when terrorists opened fire at their car in the Jordan Valley.
In her comments, CNN host Christiane Amanpour claimed, “The mother and two Israel-British sisters – they were killed in a shootout,” seemingly implying that the victims of terror were also shooting.

In her email apologizing to Dee, Amanpour also expressed her condolences, saying that there “was no intention” on her part.
Dee responded with a long email saying that he does not accept her apology, since she spread false information to millions of people, and demanded that she issue a public apology.
Amanpour later apologized publicly, saying, “On April 10, I referred to the murders of an Israeli family: Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee, the wife and daughters of Rabbi Leo Dee. I misspoke and said they were killed in a “shootout” instead of a shooting. I have written to Rabbi Leo Dee to apologize and make sure that he knows that we apologize for any further pain that may have caused him.”