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There was a settlement. He can sue for defamation.
by dd36 4y ago
There was a settlement. He can sue for defamation.
- watwut 4y agoWhile blabling about freedom of speech.
- gamblor956 4y agoGenerally, the fact of a settlement would preclude him from winning a defamation suit, since introducing the existence of the settlement would satisfy the defendant's bar of establishing affirmatively that there was some sort of actionable sexual harassment at the "more likely than not" threshold for civil cases. Additionally, the existence of the settlement would likely make any suit for defamation fun afoul of the anti-SLAPP laws.