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My family and I are being harassed by some people that believe my 26y/o son was involved with their 18 y/o daughter. She has run away from home and has since been in contact with her mother. However, the family and their friends have crucified my son via social media. They have passed out our contact information for their friends to harass and threaten us. A non-profit organization by the name of Texas Defense Force Security located in Arlington, Texas has been emailing me with threats and baseless accusations. The social media prosecution this family has placed on my son (26), has been a slanderous onslaught of postings on social media. The father of the young lady has also made false accusations saying my son was inappropriate with his own daughter, which would never happen. My is a registered sex offender for a mistake he made when he was 19. He got caught with a 16 year old girl. Unfortunately, she lied about her age, but because he was in the Army & served 18 months.
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Your son would need to start by sending a cease and desist letter to anyone who is defaming him. He should then consider whether he wants to file suit against each person and organization for defamation. Defamation is the act of injuring a person's reputation by making a false statement. A defamatory statement can be made in one of two ways: by libel or by slander. Libel is a defamatory statement published in writing or other graphic form. Slander is a defamatory statement that is communicated or published orally. It sounds like your son is a victim of both slander and libel.
To prove defamation, your son would have to prove the following:
The defendant published (in writing or verbally) a statement of fact;
The statement referred to the plaintiff (your son);
The statement was defamatory;
The statement was false;
With regard to the truth of the statement, the defendant was acting with actual malice, negligent or liable without regard to fault; and
Your son suffered damages from the defamation.
One of the first questions your son must answer is what harm he has suffered from the defamation. If has suffered harm, he has a right to pursue damages as a result of the harm caused by the defamation.
Answered on Dec 15th, 2020 at 4:16 PM
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