Libel - a statement is defamatory if it tends to do any of the following:
1.expose a person to hatred, ridicule, contempt.
2.causing them to be shunned or avoided.
3.lowers them in the estimation of their peers.
4. disparages them in their business, trade, office, or profession
Claimants have to show that the publication or broadcast has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to their reputation, the claimant doesn't have to prove the claim is untrue.
Penalty if found liable
1.pay damages
2. pay legal fees
3. pay both
defense for liable, I can use the justification, Everything I say will be true and i will be able to prove everything I say and write will be true.
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