North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has filed a lawsuit against CNN following the network’s report alleging that he posted explicit racial and sexual comments on a pornography website’s message board. Robinson called the report reckless and defamatory.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has sued CNN over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board.

In a defamation lawsuit, the North Carolina Republican alleged the news network carried out a “coordinated attack aimed at derailing” his gubernatorial campaign.