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Truth is an affirmative defense in libel. Meaning if you can show what you published is true, the offended side can just fuck off.

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"I am sorry dahling, I have to wahsh my haih."

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Fine fine fine. She was a lady if negotiable affection. Happy now?

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This is now a trend - billionaires filing meritless lawsuits, hoping to financially ruin media outlets that they don't like.https://www.theguardian.com...

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This makes me giggle and wish I'd thought to work it into my Evidence Law exam.

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Good luck, Kyle. Let us know if you have to start a GoFundMe account to hire your own lawyer.

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Same here.

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Maybe self-certified like Dr. Rand Paul.

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In the US, not necessarily in the UK. Which is why so many lawsuits try to file there--venue shopping. Something like 95% of all libel actions in the UK find for the plaintiff.

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Slovenia is a nice place. It was not involved in the Balkan war and is quite beautiful, stable, and relatively prosperous. Lots of people go there for the skiing and hiking. FWIW.

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Ugh. I am not a lawyer but I have been threatened with bogus lawsuits for public participation. Smells of SLAPP to me.

Did the Fail retract? As noted, UK libel laws are a lot friendlier to the plaintiffs.

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alternatively, or additionally, opposite of "gonesay"

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just tell Melania that many people are saying... You're not saying, but many are.

It works for her husband.

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She ain't messing with no broke malign apricot hellbeast.

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I would think that the myriad of lawsuits Trump has filed would qualify him for vexatious litigant status.

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Tut, tut, doesn't the proper Scot call Trump a mangled apricot hellbeast?

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