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I wrote a blog post and although it was based on real life events I put a "fairytale" spin on it. It does not mention anyones real life names and though I suppose if you know my family then you'd know who I was talking about, but to the general public there's no way to know who I am speaking about. I do not threaten, bully, share personal information, or violate any sort of blogger's policies as far as I can see. The other party that knows the story is loosely based on them recently saw my blog and wrote to ask me to take the post down. I am wondering if I have to do that as long as I am not violating any of the user guidelines. I also don't think it falls under defamation of character (which is what this party is claiming) because I make no mention of her name or any defining attributes.
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If enough people reading your blog can put 2 & 2 together, and if you said things about this person that are false and defaming, you could have a problem; however, "truth" is an absolute defense, so if the person is simply upset that you used a public forum to say things about them, but the things you have stated are true, while they can be upset, it may not rise to a level of legal action against you. I am a family/divorce lawyer so I strongly encourage you as soon as possible to sit down with a lawyer experienced in slander and defamation cases, to make sure your blog post didn't cross the line here.
Answered on Feb 19th, 2016 at 5:59 AM
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