QUESTION
can i sue someone who taljed lies about me ?
Asked on Mar 17th, 2013 on Libel, Slander and Defamation - Nevada
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There was a family living with my son and i for 8 mon. the wife started telkung the folks across the street all kinds of lies about me. it got so bad that on day after i said hello to the women across the street
her son called me to ask me why i had made threats
againt his mom. after the family left my house while
i was out, i was talking to the son across the street and his mom came out and we started talking about
what was said. thats when i found out everything that she had said. the next time the ladys husband came over i recorded him while i asked him why his wife did that. he said he didnr know why and that he knew that what she had said were lies.
1 ANSWER
R. Christopher Reade
The publishing of false facts about you is the foundation of defamation. An action for defamation requires: (1) a false and defamatory statement; (2) an unprivileged publication to a third person; (3) fault, amounting to at least negligence; and (4) actual or presumed damages. The first element is often the hardest to prove, which is that the statement was a false statement of fact. Truth is a defense to defamation. The second issue is that (except in a few limited cases) you are required to show damages, which means some loss which you have suffered as a result of these lies.
Answered on Mar 18th, 2013 at 8:44 PM