My mother just finished her court jury found her not guilty. women Who was accusing her started this about 2 1/2-3 years ago. Can we go for slander?

The woman misrepresented my mother in all complaints stating she was the hospice nurse she was the woman that lived in her fathers home basically making my mother sound like someone in off the street when in fact she knew that my mother and her father had been together for 30 years plus she filed forgery charges on my mother which were dropped in court today can we still go after her for defamation of character she cost my mother a lot of lawyer fees that were unnecessary and my mother is 72 years old and did not need to stress and aggravation she even had to go to a doctor for her stress level as this drag on 2 1/2 three years