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unusual facts about Defamation


Grégoire Owona

After the newspapers L'Anecdote and Nouvelles d'Afrique—as part of an effort to identify prominent individuals guilty of "deviant behavior"—reported that Owona and about 50 others were homosexuals, he filed a defamation suit in February 2006, along with two doctors who were also identified as homosexual.


1997 UCI Road World Championships

In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet for defamation over claims in his book Breaking the Chain that the UCI and Hein Verbruggen had allegedly been involved in some sort of coverup of use of Lidocaine and Laurent Brochard.

Andy Van Hellemond

On July 1, 2011 it was reported Van Hellemond served the creators of the comic strip Adam@home with a notice of intention to sue for libel over a comic which used the word "evil" in referring to Van Hellemond as "the worst and most evil ref ever."

Ann Rule

A defamation lawsuit filed by Northon against Rule and her publishers was dismissed in January 2011 by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Antonino Zichichi

Odifreddi has even been sued by Zichichi for defamation for having pointed out the numerous contradictions in his writings in an article entitled "Zichicche" (a portmanteau word from "Zichichi" and the Italian "chicche", meaning "interesting bits"), which later became a book consisting of a collection of writings about Zichichi by various people.

Ben Hogestyn

In 2005, Hogestyn and co-star Lindze Letherman appeared in a Public Service Announcement for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (or GLAAD).

Bob Bird

He is best known for the widespread media coverage over his role in two trials involving former Scottish MSP Tommy Sheridan: the 2006 Sheridan v News Group Newspapers defamation case and the 2010 HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan perjury case.

Boss School of Music

In 2008, several staff members of the school proceeded to the Supreme Court of India with cases against individuals, government officials and High Court judges for shutting down the institution, defamation and "witch-hunting", an act they termed "genocide".

Brett Murray

During the defamation debate, comparisons were drawn between Murray's The Spear and fellow South African Ayanda Mabulu's work from 2010, Ngcono ihlwempu kunesibhanxo sesityebi.

Colleen McMahon

Among the cases over which she has presided was a defamation case brought by Drug Enforcement Administration agents against the makers of the film American Gangster, which was alleged to have portrayed such agents as being corrupt.

Crenshaw Christian Center

In 2007 Price filed a defamation suit after the ABC television network aired a segment of their 20/20 investigative journalism program about televangelists.

David R. Johnson

His practice focused primarily on the emerging area of electronic commerce, including counseling on issues relating to privacy, domain names and Internet governance issues, jurisdiction, copyright, taxation, electronic contracting, encryption, defamation, ISP and OSP liability, regulation, and other intellectual property matters.

Deggendorf

Bishop Manfred Müller asked for forgiveness for the centuries-long defamation of the Jews.

Emery Worldwide

On 8 July 1988, a defamation suit was filed after a package was opened in transit in Los Angeles that included a video tape containing cash allegedly for an NCAA basketball recruit (Chris Mills) for the University of Kentucky.

Foxman

Abraham Foxman, National Director of the US Anti-Defamation League

Fredrik Gertten

In 2009, Gertten's production company was sued for defamation by Dole Food Company after the US screening of Bananas!*, a documentary film about a conflict between Dole and banana plantation workers in Nicaragua over alleged cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.

Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd

Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd 2004 EWCA Civ 1462 is a case of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales that governs the use of injunctions against publication in alleged defamation cases.

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me

Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Mathieu "Billboard" Jomphe, all of whom wrote "Hold It Against Me", sued the Bellamy Brothers for defamation and libel because of this, but the Brothers apologized and the case was dismissed.

Irwin Suall

Shaved for battle: skinheads target America's youth (with David Lowe and Michael Lieberman) New York, N.Y. : Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1987

Italian American One Voice Coalition

Its goal is to project a united front in dealing with defamation, discrimination and negative stereotyping of Italian American culture and heritage.

James Cook University Singapore

The university cited the pending contempt of court case against Tan for wearing a T-shirt of a kangaroo in judge's clothing at the defamation trial of SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan.

Jean-Edern Hallier

-- aux enchères --> in order to pay damages to Bernard Tapie who had successfully charged him with defamation.

Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation

The Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation (JAACD) is an interest group founded in 2005 by Don Feder in the United States formed to combat anti-Christian prejudice in Hollywood, the news media, academia, politics and the courts.

John McVicar

In 1998 he lost a libel action brought by sprinter Linford Christie over his claim that Christie was a "steroid athlete".

José Antonio Sossa

In 2000, he filed a criminal complaint for defamation against four Prensa journalists: Peruvian investigative journalist Gustavo Gorriti, business editor Miren Gutierrez, and journalists Monica Palm and Rolando Rodriguez.

Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.

Keeton was a case for defamation brought by Kathy Keeton, a New York resident and publisher of Penthouse magazine, against the nationally distributed Hustler magazine.

Laura Taylor Swain

As a result of comments made by Mr. Seinfeld about the authorship dispute on the Late Show with David Letterman, Lapine included a cause of action for defamation to her suit.

Leopold Caspari

For years, he was active in the Confederate veterans' organization, the Knights of Pythias, and the anti-defamation league, B'nai B'rith, a Jewish organization.

Media Legal Defence Initiative

The idea for the Media Legal Defence Initiative originated in the aftermath of the criminal defamation trial in 2004 of Indonesian newspaperman Bambang Harymurti, editor of Tempo magazine (Indonesia).

Memoirs of a Geisha

After the Japanese edition of the novel was published, Arthur Golden was sued for breach of contract and defamation of character by Mineko Iwasaki, a retired geisha he had interviewed for background information while writing the novel.

Moritz Rabinowitz

Rabinowitz also prevailed in a defamation lawsuit against Mikal Sylten, editor of Nationalt Tidsskrift.

National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal

In August 1997 and December 1998, NKF volunteer Archie Ong and aero-modelling instructor Piragasam Singaravelu respectively were hauled to court separately for defamation when both said that T.T. Durai had been flying first class.

Plausible Denial

Plausible Denial (copyright 1991, published by Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, NY, ISBN 1-56025-000-3) is a book by American lawyer, Mark Lane that chronicles his legal defense of Victor Marchetti, a former-CIA agent who wrote an article for The Spotlight about the JFK assassination and was sued for defamation by E. Howard Hunt.

Prenda Law

In February 2013, Prenda Law Inc., Paul Duffy, Paul Hansmeier and John Steele sued Alan Cooper, his attorney, and numerous "John Doe" defendants in an Illinois state court, alleging defamation.

Rindos v Hardwick

Rindos v. Hardwick was a landmark case of Internet defamation heard in 1994 in which Western Australian lawyers representing a visiting American academic sought to create a legal precedent by deeming an email sent by Gil Hardwick to have alleged paedophilia against David Rindos, a probationary lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Western Australia.

Sachin Bhowmick

In 2003 Bhowmick filed a defamation case against Barbara Taylor Bradford after she had sued him for copyright infringement regarding a TV soap opera.

Sarah Goldfinger

Goldfinger, along with CBS and CSI's producers, were sued for defamation and invasion of privacy by a Los Angeles couple who alleged that two characters from the 9th season episode "Deep Fried and Minty Fresh" were based on them.

See You in Court

Sheryl Gascoigne claims that red top tabloids defamed her by printing quotes they said were from her ex-husband Paul and his mother.

Sharon J. Coleman

Judge Coleman is the presiding judge in Scottie Pippen's defamation lawsuit against Comcast, GE, CBS, Arizona State University, University of Tampa, and others for allegedly claiming that Pippen is bankrupt.

Siosifa Tuʻitupou Tuʻutafaiva

In 2001, he represented ʻAkilisi Pohiva, the main leader of Tonga's pro-democracy movement, when the latter was sued for defamation.

Stuart Littlemore

He also represented Pauline Hanson in her defamation action against News Ltd., after The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Telegraph published (and later retracted) nude photographs that they claimed showed a young Ms Hanson.

Su Su Nway

In 2005, the new town chairman charged her with harassment and defamation, a tactic that the Asian Human Rights Commission noted to be a common reprisal against Burmese activists.

The Devil's Discus

A Thai translation of the book titled Kongchak Pisat (Thai: กงจักรปีศาจ) by Chalit Chaisithiwet (Thai: ร.อ.ชลิต ชัยสิทธิเวช) was produced for submission as evidence in a 1970 defamation lawsuit brought by Pridi Banomyong against MR Kukrit Pramoj and his newspaper Siam Rath.

Tomomi Inada

She stands for the government in relation to the lawsuit relating to Yasukuni Shrine, and serves as an attorney for the plaintiff concerning the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword" that allegedly occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War, as well as the commanders who fought in the Battle of Okinawa and a bereaved family suing Kenzaburō Ōe and Iwanami Shoten for their defamation of character towards the commanders.

Uncommon Productions

In 2007 the owners of a Dominican Republic sugar plantation sued the company for defamation because of the way they were portrayed in the Uncommon Productions film The Price of Sugar.

Vrye Weekblad

In December 1988, former state president P. W. Botha sued Vrye Weekblad for R200,000 for defamation after the newspaper had exposed his links with a Mafia gangster.

William Carus Wilson

In the year of Jane Eyres publication Carus Wilson reportedly took legal advice with a view to suing for defamation, but desisted on receiving a letter of explanation and apology from the author.

Wisden Cricket Monthly

The cricketers' associations condemned the article while Phillip DeFreitas and Devon Malcolm filed defamation suits.


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