Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that defendant published false and defamatory statements regarding a criminal complaint filed against plaintiff’s former fleet manager, charging him with theft by swindle. The district court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint, ruling that plaintiff was a ...

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Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of their false-light claim. Defendants ran a news segment about a man accused of tricking women into having sex with him on camera. The segment included a clip of plaintiff describing how the same man swindled ...

Tagged with: Actual Malice False-Light Defamation News Story